Verse
C# F
You can huff and you can puff
A#m
But you'll never destroy that stuff
D#m G#
Finally, I see why, I suppose
D#m
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# F
A# body aching, fragile, and pale
A#m
Dark valleys house its trail
F# G#
Why can't you see that a life in art and a life of mimicry
D#m G#
It's the same thing?!
[Instrumental]
C# F# D#m G#
C# F#
[Verse 3]
C# A#m
The room was crowded
C# A#m 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# D#m G#
Boys wearing bells blaze new trails in sound
[Instrumental]
C# F# D#m G# x2
C# F#
[Verse 4]
C# G#
I looked up, I looked around
F# Fm
A# famous Toronto painter shot me down
A#m 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# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm
Felt some mercurial presence, hitherto unknown
D#m C#
It was the sun, it was a stone falling through blank space
F# Fm D#m C#
It was that jewel-encrusted roan getting in my face
F# Fm
Looked across the way to The Princess Rooms
D#m
I saw brides and their grooms
C#
I heard the sound of bells ringing!
F# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm
Cinders look back fondly upon a house on fire when across
D#m
An ocean we go
C# F#
We row and we row and we tire
F# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm
Now, step out of the darkness and into the light
D#m C#
Yeah, it's common knowledge I've been doing alright
F#
No, I can't complain
Fm D#m
On the East side, midwives' lives go down the drain
C# F# Fm
All cause our babies are dying, oh-oh-oh!
F# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm D#m
I lifted the veil to see nature's trickery revealed as pure shit
C# F# Fm
From which nothing ever rose cause nothing ever could
D#m C# F# Fm
I swear somewhere the truth lies within this wood
D#m C# F# Fm
I swear, "Looters' Follies" has never sounded so good
D#m C# F# Fm D#m C#
And, win or lose, what's the difference?
F# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm D#m C# F#
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F# Fm D#m C# x5