F
Lord
C
Show me a sign
F
That you’re still there
A#
That you still care
F
That you’re still with me
C
That you still know me
A# C
Before I resign
F
Show me a sign
F
I can’t laugh
Dm
I can’t weep
F
Five nights in a row now
C
Not a second of sleep
A#
Is there something
Dm
You want me to know
A# C
Well I wish you’d tell me what
F
Give me some kind of show
F
How ‘bout a meteor
Dm
Or a shooting star
F
Or even a drunk
C
Getting thrown out of the bar
A#
I’m getting impatient
Dm
And hope is expensive
A#
And I’m running low on
C F
Everything these days
F
The waters are rising
Dm
And the world is on fire
F
We’re all just gasoline
C
For the funeral pyre
A#
In the palaces morons
Dm
In the hospitals ghouls
A# C
Murderers in the towns
F
Rats in the schools
F
Armies of zombies
Dm
And the generals fishing
F
And baby Jesus
C
On a suicide mission
A#
And little Mohammed
Dm
Lifeless and brown
A# C
And drowning faceless scarecrows
F
Wearing the crown
F
Ten thousand whistlers
Dm
Off-track and off-tune
F
Sixteen drummers
C
Wearing some kind of rune
A#
Some kind of amulet
Dm
Some pre-Christian cross
A# C
And one man’s lucky roll
F
Is another man’s loss
F
Lord, you should have been there
Dm
Last Saturday night
F
I broke a couple barstools
C
And I broke up a fight
A#
I broke three fingers
Dm
They looked kind of Egyptian
A# C
And the doctor wouldn’t see me
F
Without a prescription
F
If this is how
Dm
It’s all gonna go
F
I might as well pile up
C
Frequent flier miles and lay low
A#
I might as well buy up
Dm
Some spiritual trinkets
A# C
Line the walls with paint
F
And start to drink it
F
It’s hard to believe
Dm
It’s goin’ down so fast
F
When Einstein died
C
He thought you built it to last
A#
But they threw him in a hole
Dm
And they stole his brain
A#
And three days later
C F
It washed up again in the rain
F
Lord, I’ll make you a bargain
Dm
I’ll cut you a deal
F
They can cut off my eyelids
C
And I won’t squeal
A#
I won’t spill your secrets
Dm
My soul’s locked tight
A#
Just please let me
C F
Get a little sleep tonight
F
Fifty thousand horses
Dm
Ten thousand sheep
F
I’d trade ‘em all
C
For just a second of sleep
A#
The kind with dreams though
Dm
You gotta have dreams
A# C
I’ve heard about what happens
F
At the other extreme
F
Yeah without them dreams
Dm
You go insane
F
It’s like having mayonnaise
C
Shot into your brain
A#
But maybe I’m the exception
Dm
Every dog has its day
A# C
Maybe I’m a brand new species
F
What do you say
F Dm F C A# Dm A# C F
F
So look out the window
Dm
Might be something out there
F
Maybe something to read
C
Here’s a Vanity Fair
A#
Winter is coming
Dm
That’s a relief
A# C
And I’m willing to go on faith
F
But I’m past belief
F Dm F C A# Dm A# C F
(lyrics: Dan Bern)