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