[Verse]
D A
Through the wall in a soft spring rustle
D A
Street-side selling some summer hustle
D A
Across the Maple Street Bridge in a bristling fall
D A
Just whistling all's a balled up riddle
D A
Just a high snowball on a curve-and-fall
D A
Through a parking lot at Christmas
Em
I heard her whisper
Bm
I heard him call
A
Here's what the gist was:
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm
Only wary in our lives
A G
Open-eyed and half-ashamed
D A G A
That is to sa y
D F#m
Afloat on a ferry
Bm A G
Freezing, tired, fully wired, a total waste
A
That's where the spirit left us
[Verse]
D A
Underneath the house just like a flameout teen
D A
Who smells like sweat and gasoline
Kid, I stand with you
D A
And when you get hard and your eyes get mean
D
Cause you're on the march
A
Well, I could almost kiss you
Em
Don't let them twist you
Bm
Here, have this song
A
You can take it with you
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm
Stay lonely, open wide
A G
Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame
D A G A
Don't be disgra ced
D F#m Bm
Loose of limb, unlionized
A G
While all liars fade to gray
A
I know you feel detested
[Bridge]
Em
Did a silence drop? Did your Walkman stop?
Bm
Did the air turn cold? Was the message just so close?
A
But did you choke it?
G
Oh, kid, I know
A
I know where this is going
A
Because we always blow it
[Chorus]
D F#m Bm
Only wary in our lives
A G
Open-eyed and half-ashamed
D A G A
It's just that wa y
D F#m
Afloat down that river
Bm A G
Freezing, tired, fully wired, a total waste
A
That's where the spirit left us
[Outro]
D F#m Bm
Only wary in our lives
A G
Your eyes all fire, your mind aflame
D A G A
Don't be disma yed
D F#m Bm
As this sobbing world goes screaming by
A G
I swear that if I had my way
A
You know I would have blessed it