Capo 2nd fret

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And I’m a go make my bed

 Tuck in the other side

 These confessions are mine

 But I’ll not claim a word

This restless parade

 Yes I watched it go by

 Through the cracks in my palm

 Seen them all gone

 Some sequence of lives

Well she calls out alone

 With the pain in her voice

 It’s the wound of betrayal

 It’s the weapon of choice

 Left her heart on display

 Though that she’ll deny

 Two tattoos of skin

 One of ice one of tin

 For the days have gone by

 But I ain’t one to reminisce

 But close my heart and clench my fists

 Now the days swiftly pass

 With the chest full of fear

 Here the minutes are hours

 But the moments are years

 And old acquaintances passed

 In trios, in pairs

 And if they stay or they go

 One struggles to know

 One struggles to care

 But out beyond the Ten Tree walls

 The wind blows hard the highway crawls

 And if you should pass the James Hotel

 Please stop in for I knew you well

 But that was oh so long ago

 And I never learned how to let go

 But when you fear your own faults

 And you’re sick of this life

 When you’re reckless of hand

 And trembling the knife

 And all your doors prefer locks

 And your death prefers spoons

 Why wouldn’t you wait one last laugh at fate

 Forever’s too soon

 But across the field death bell knells

 Listen close hear the toll tell

 To run and tell my darling true

 My breath is short

 My days are few

 So please come down

 And take my hand

 My last demand

 And lead me to some slender rest

 And please dismiss what I confess

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