Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

I've been away for far too long.

 I've had my mind wrapped around this one song

I heard last week on the radio while

Driving near that place we used to go

 Where the track homes all look the same

 With their roofs and the tiles and the similar frames

 All the streets are so wide and the cars are so lame

 And on every block I heard the whisper of your name.

 I spent so many evenings in my head

 I'd lie alone on an unmade bed

Counting the minutes like numbered clocks

 Should I call, should I write, should I read, should I stop?

 I'm a child, I'm a ghost, I'm a slur, I'm a boast,

 I'm a prince, I'm a king, I'm a rhyme, I'm a ring,

 I'm unable to sleep, I'm unable to sing,

 I'm a desperate and lonely, frightened, unholy thing

 And you'd say la la la I'm so glad I'm over you

 As you reach for your drink and you tell me you like my shoes

 And I smile like a wretch, there's not much else I can do

 I say I know what you mean, yeah it's weird for me too

 Besides what would I sing about... if I had you?

Kinda sounds like la la la...

I think maybe it was Radiohead

 That had this weird little beat and a keyboard instead

 Of guitar playing chords, I remember how bored

 You would get with those bands

 You always said they play the same three chords

 And you'd dance around in your t-shirt and sing

 Don't you love Modest Mouse and adore Promise Ring?

 Don't you wish that you could just avoid everything?

 Join a band, go on tour, and think of me when you sing?

 And I'd think la la la yeah that sounds okay to me

 And you'd fall on the bed and I'd fall down to my knees

 And I'd smile like my life depended on it

 That's so weird I was mostly right about that

 Always eager to love and eager to leave

La la la la...

 And I'd think la la la all these songs are so untrue

 As I stare at this fading side of you

 And we don't belong and it's all so wrong

 And you're beautiful with that gray scarf on

 I think yeah okay but maybe it's just the song

 And I miss you but it might just be the song