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