Standard (EADGBE)

and you're down

 for the count

 you are dancing with men

 going round and around

 and you're scared

 and you're sure

 that your spine will dissolve

 you will fall to the floor

 you will take

 what you need

 and the headaches will come

 but at least you can breathe

 as the smoke

 fills your lungs

 we will wait for the day

 we'll rejoice when it comes

 on your birthday

 you woke up

 the snow was on the ground

 you opened books and peeked inside

 they kissed you on your crown

 with pins in your fingers

 you held yourself up high

 the picture peeled the person

 they let themselves divide

 you arrive

 at the place

 it is not what you want

 but it is what you chase

 so you don't

 have to hold

all of the candles

 that burn on their own

 you will steal

 all the smells

 that cut through your nose and inside on your cells

 when it's time

 to escape

 you realize you've waited until it's too late

 but your birthday

inflated

 the bones with which you creak

 they stole your shoes and brought you to

 the caverns of their teeth

 you pleaded

 oh kind sir

 please let me say goodbye

 your soul ripped from your stomach

 you gave an awful cry

cry

cry

cry

 and when I have died

will you use my spine

 to swing from tree to tree in search of

places pleasing to the eye?

 and when I have died

will you use my spine

 to swing from tree to tree in search of

places pleasing to the eye?

 and when I have died

will you use my spine

 to swing from tree to tree in search of

places pleasing to the eye?

I said

I'm sorry dear

I said

I'm sorry dear

 but you don't listen

 no you don't listen

 you silly little girl