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