Intro
G Em G Em
[Verse 1]
G
Trains out my window
Em
Running in lines
G
Sleep squared on a knuckle, dreaming on
Em Bm C Cmaj7
Drowning softly, clowning sadly, dying badly
[Verse 2]
G Em
Selling flowers to a widow, the money's just fine,
G Em
Every week's a new funeral if you time your knocking right.
C G Em Bm C
D vision of Theresa, toothless and tears in her eyes
Cmaj7 G Em G
Pouring on the podium, still the river’s all bone-dry
[Chorus]
C G
Danny are you listening?
Em Bm C
The pipes, the pipes are choking
Cmaj7 G
The roses are out of season
Em Bm C D
We find red in the eyes of the lionised bleeders
C G
Danny are you listening?
Em Bm C
The pipes, the pipes are choking
Cmaj7 G
The roses are out of season
Em Bm C D G
We find red in the eyes of the bleeders we lionise
[Verse 3]
G Em
Your skin begins to leather with the creeping of time
G Em
Those trains pass your window, each reminding you what's behind
C G Em Bm C
D businessman's cathedral is sacred to any fucker who fights
Cmaj7 G Em
You fumble around in the porch-light and foot the dog shit on the
G
drive
[Chorus]
C G
Danny are you listening?
Em Bm C
The pipes, the pipes are choking
Cmaj7 G
All the roses out of season
Em Bm C D
We find red in the eyes of the lionised bleeders
C G
Danny are you listening?
Em Bm C
The pipes, the pipes are choking
Cmaj7 G
The roses are out of season
Em Bm C D G
We find red in the eyes of the bleeders we lionise
[Outro]
G
Trains out my windows
Em
Running in lines
G
Sleep squared on a knuckle dreaming on
Em Bm C Cmaj7 G
Drowning softly, clowning sadly, dying badly