Verse
[Verse 1]
A#
Go and get your drugs, honey
F A#
Go and get your drugs
A#
I am fond of those things too
F A#
Some of them so much
A#
Give away my whole life to 'em
F A#
Give away my bed
A#
Come about on some strange couch
F A#
Just wishing that I were dead
A#
Ashley hitched from Houston
F A#
She was raped in Abilene
A#
Beaten with a bottle
F A#
As the night laid mute her screams
A#
When she finally reached here
F A#
She was happy as can be
A#
There's a bright light shining in the big blue sky
F A#
And I never know what it means
[Chorus]
Gm Dm D# A#
And I can't help singing dirges on the ides of every month
Gm Dm
Heaven is a chandelier
D# A#
But don't all look up at once
[Verse 2]
A# F A#
I go down to the park to give away my cigarettes
A# F A#
I go down to the park where I sit and wait for death
A# F A#
But I can't wait forever with the breezes and the bums
A# F A#
The soldiers came to shoot us down but Jesus jammed the guns
A# F A#
And when the bottles all were empty, when he called us to our feet
A# F A#
He promised us salvation and some real nice things to eat
A# F A#
We were good then 'til the morning when the daylight did us in
A# F A#
Oh the past it picked our pretty little pockets, it gets thirsty for revenge
[Chorus]
Gm Dm D# A#
And I can't help singing dirges on the ides of every month
Gm Dm D# A#
Heaven is a chandelier, but don't all look up at once
Gm Dm D# A#
Oh I can't help singing dirges on the ides of every month
Gm Dm D# A#
Heaven is a chandelier, but don't all look up at once