Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

I hear the train all night

sound of its wind blowing through our subtle lives

 and i have a job to do walking these cars

 walking all asleep to get to you

 but I don't feel your stir beside me

 and your not in my morning hour

some ties are made to break

some stalks grow high and green to rot away

 and feel the wake

and these lines tell the truth

these city veins answer all you do

 so could you keep me in the pulses

 could you keep me in the sound

i got wise and I got old

 not once, not once did I fall

 so don't you know

maybe you bet on me

while we were still young enough to know

or to believe

for every year you took

for every soft breathe or loving look

believe me

 and dont keep me like you have me

 and dont kiss me like you don't

I got wise and I got old

 not once, not once did I fall

 so dont you now

some land holds a home

some of my years only hold

me to Rome

but I tell myself its true

you see a home you see a man

you see it too

 and I say don't you know you have her

 go on kiss her now you boy

i got wise and I got old

 not once, not once did I fall

 so don't you know

i got wise and I got old

 not once, not once did I fall

 so don't you know