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