D# G# A#
Quick dashes mark the property ends
Beach creek
G# A# Cm
A# road that turns and bends
Cm
Little squares for houses
G#
Strung along roads
Cm
he land transfigured
G# C#
Into topographic codes
D# G# A#
Maps show you what is simple and true
D# G# A# Cm
I'm laying out a bird's eye view
Cm
Not what he told you
G#
Just what you see
Cm
What do you know that not
G# C#
your dad's mythology
D#
Dad was born on this farm
G# A#
Here's our house
D# G# A#
Here's the spot where he died
Cm G#
I can draw a circle
G# A# D#
His whole life fits inside
D# G# A#
Four miles from our door
D# G# A# Cm
I-80 ran from shore to shore
Cm
On its way from the Castro
G#
To Christopher Street
Cm
The road not taken
G# C#
Just four miles from our door
D#
You were born on this farm
G# A#
Here's our house
D# G# A#
Here's the spot where you died
Cm G#
I can draw a circle
Cm G#
I can draw a circle
G# A# D#
You lived your life inside