Verse
A# F Gm F
F man selling knives at three A.M on TV
A# F Gm F
With the sound off I re-read your mothers letter I can't sleep
A# F Gm F
I almost sent her my only picture unframed
A# F Gm F
Of you have five With your book on trains
A# F Gm F D5
But she told me not to write or call but she apologized when you put the TV through the wall
A# F Gm F
She thinks it was me that brought you to Berkeley, like you never touched whiskey before me
Chorus 1:
D5 C5 G5 A#5
And living with you is like driving in the rain
D5 C5 G5 A#5
I can't see where I'm going but i still don't press the brake
Verse 2:
A# F Gm F
What happened after the year that we got through maybe even with the belt that I bought you
A# F Gm F
F woman is strapping her arm, after fighting she's finally calm
A# F Gm F
I can hear you say her name appeasingly, like you did with mine when you were teasing me
A# F Gm F
By midnight each night we had sunk to the floor on the deflating air mattress we blamed the cats for
A# F Gm F
When you looked at me as you stood in the door I rolled my eyes and turned on law and order
Chorus 2:
D5 C5 G5 A#5
And living with you and being blindfolded are the same
D5 C5 G5 A#5
I can't see where I'm going and it makes my head ache
A# F Gm F
Now the TVs is replaying Annie Hall and I swear Woody Allen has your walk
A# F Gm F
I squint my eyes and see you with Annie arm and arm with the sound off I hear the alarm
Chorus 3:
D5 C5 G5 A#5
And living with you is like hair going down the drain
D5 C5 G5 A#5
We lose and lose until we're drowning in a lake
Interlude: F#5, E5, B5, A#5
A# D5
I drove out to see you in your best friends car Looking for your name we walked in circles for an hour
A# F
And in the end we chose a spot and took turns, I sat down
Gm F
And told you something and picked the dried grass on the ground
Chorus 4:
D5 C5 G5 A#5
And living with guilt is counting up your sins
D5 C5 G5 A#5
I can only look back and see where i've been
D5 C5 G5 A#5
But I couldn't stop what you did to your veins
D5 C5 A#5
And you wouldn't have allowed me anyway