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