Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse 1

 The house caught on fire in the winter

 the bosses lay slain

 and each of the workers decided

 to ten-fold their pay

and they saw in the mirror

 the sun had been shot down in flames

 and nobody minded the hole in the sky or the rain

Refrain

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 but it doesnt really matter

 when the judgements are said

 'cos we all take our chances

 to find our romances in some others bed

 and you might burn your fingers

 hook your best friends rings for those

 who'd have you standing naked

 then publicly auction the use of a hose

Verse 2

 all the children where laughing

 their faces in half at the pain

of the girl who loved talking to walls

 and jumping at trains

and the words that ring true

 in the playground of fools will remain

 and nobody minded the hole in the sky or the rain

Refrain 2

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 but it doesnt really matter

 when the rights have been read

 'cos we all take our chances to glance

 at the wife in the opposite bed

 and I bet Nero and Pilate could easily explain

 how policemen and pirates get stoned in glass houses