Verse
C E
You can huff and you can puff
Am
But you'll never destroy that stuff
Dm G
Finally, I see why, I suppose
Dm
Kid, you better change your feathers
F C F
Cause you'll never fly with those... things
C F
In 'These Nights,' the boys sing
C
"Hello, emptiness
F
I heard you're alright
C
I've heard you're alright
F
I've heard of you"
[Verse 2]
C E
A body aching, fragile, and pale
Am
Dark valleys house its trail
F G
Why can't you see that a life in art and a life of mimicry
Dm G
It's the same thing?!
[Instrumental]
C F Dm G
C F
[Verse 3]
C Am
The room was crowded
C Am F
And, though you couldn't care less about it, that much was true
G
That month
F G
Another version of this miniature Rome to set fire to
F
Why did we stop fucking around you?
G
Girls like gazelles graze
F G Dm G
Boys wearing bells blaze new trails in sound
[Instrumental]
C F Dm G x2
C F
[Verse 4]
C G
I looked up, I looked around
F Em
A famous Toronto painter shot me down
Am D
"Oh, I've busted my ass on these streets too long," he said
F G F
I set fire to the bed and tore his gown
[Outro]
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em
Felt some mercurial presence, hitherto unknown
Dm C
It was the sun, it was a stone falling through blank space
F Em Dm C
It was that jewel-encrusted roan getting in my face
F Em
Looked across the way to The Princess Rooms
Dm
I saw brides and their grooms
C
I heard the sound of bells ringing!
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em
Cinders look back fondly upon a house on fire when across
Dm
An ocean we go
C F
We row and we row and we tire
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em
Now, step out of the darkness and into the light
Dm C
Yeah, it's common knowledge I've been doing alright
F
No, I can't complain
Em Dm
On the East side, midwives' lives go down the drain
C F Em
All cause our babies are dying, oh-oh-oh!
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em Dm
I lifted the veil to see nature's trickery revealed as pure shit
C F Em
From which nothing ever rose cause nothing ever could
Dm C F Em
I swear somewhere the truth lies within this wood
Dm C F Em
I swear, "Looters' Follies" has never sounded so good
Dm C F Em Dm C
And, win or lose, what's the difference?
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em Dm C F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F Em Dm C x5