Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Trains out my window
Cm
Running in lines
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Sleep squared on a knuckle, dreaming on
Cm Gm G# G#maj7
Drowning softly, clowning sadly, dying badly
[Verse 2]
D# Cm
Selling flowers to a widow, the money's just fine,
D# Cm
Every week's a new funeral if you time your knocking right.
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A# vision of Theresa, toothless and tears in her eyes
G#maj7 D# Cm D#
Pouring on the podium, still the river’s all bone-dry
[Chorus]
G# D#
Danny are you listening?
Cm Gm G#
The pipes, the pipes are choking
G#maj7 D#
The roses are out of season
Cm Gm G# A#
We find red in the eyes of the lionised bleeders
G# D#
Danny are you listening?
Cm Gm G#
The pipes, the pipes are choking
G#maj7 D#
The roses are out of season
Cm Gm G# A# D#
We find red in the eyes of the bleeders we lionise
[Verse 3]
D# Cm
Your skin begins to leather with the creeping of time
D# Cm
Those trains pass your window, each reminding you what's behind
G# D# Cm Gm G#
A# businessman's cathedral is sacred to any fucker who fights
G#maj7 D# Cm
You fumble around in the porch-light and foot the dog shit on the
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drive
[Chorus]
G# D#
Danny are you listening?
Cm Gm G#
The pipes, the pipes are choking
G#maj7 D#
All the roses out of season
Cm Gm G# A#
We find red in the eyes of the lionised bleeders
G# D#
Danny are you listening?
Cm Gm G#
The pipes, the pipes are choking
G#maj7 D#
The roses are out of season
Cm Gm G# A# D#
We find red in the eyes of the bleeders we lionise
[Outro]
D#
Trains out my windows
Cm
Running in lines
D#
Sleep squared on a knuckle dreaming on
Cm Gm G# G#maj7 D#
Drowning softly, clowning sadly, dying badly