Song: On Romeo Street
Artist: Elliott Murphy
Album: Rainy Season (2000)
Tabbed by: Javier de la Fuente
Chords: F#m#5 200003 Emaddb13 022010
[Intro]
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[Verse]
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She was trapped in my peripheral vision like a long lost silhouette
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She was fine and dirty and curly and loose
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And from that sacred moment when the ends of our fingers met
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I felt a shiver go down into the heels of my cowboy boots
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See I was cornered like a rat in a prewar drugstore raid
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And I was ranting and raving and reciting the raunchy blues
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Yeah she knew a thing or two so I didn't have much to say
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She said I'm here my dear to deliver the good news
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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You see I felt my life was already over but my moment had just begun
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So I saw my chance and I grabbed it as best as I could
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So I lay down in her sweet smelling soulfully seductive quicksand
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Though the ghost of romance stood behind me and might have given me a push
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We had no friends in common except mister and misses happenstance
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And I was talking more and more about movies and books
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Then I ran out of words and I asked her well can I have this dance
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And she thought that was funny and gave me a very, very special look
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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Well the parade was passing and I was marching right behind the majorette
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She was throwing her baton much higher than the oldest oak tree
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There was such symbolism I thought Christ had risen and I just had to forget
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And start over again from the day I stood at my daddy's knew
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When he said son there's a few things here that I gotta tell you
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And he bent down low to whisper in my childish ear
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When just then a squadron of jet fighters passed right over my head
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And he said promise me boy you'll always keep that thought dear
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[Verse]
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Well I guess I forgot more now than I'll ever remember
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About why you plant roses when a rainbow is just at its end
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About why you shouldn't make any new plans till say mid-December
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Keep the new year new as long as you can
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Well here's to the crazies who make a dreary day worth living
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See them laughing at phonies and frauds who believe so much in themselves
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Because among them I believe is where the magic it keeps itself well hidden
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From those politicos who would steal the ring out of a church bell
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[Verse]
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So I went back to her every night till I was totally addicted
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And she knew it too and believe me that was the very best part
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Sure the newness gets old but she sure knew how to fix it
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And soon I was sporting a good as new broken in head
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Well we've fought about friends and we've argued about the weather
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And whether or not we turn left or right when we go out at night
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I've misused every sacred word that I could remember
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Except for love cause that just wouldn't be right
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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On Romeo street they're selling bedroom sets and mirrors
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And couches covered in the most luxurious velour
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And one day I lay down in the softness but I saw where the fear lives
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So I turned around and marched back onto the kiling floor
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Yeah Romeo street is twisting its way out into the suburbs
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But tonight the trade is all running the other way
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Its a madness my dear that keeps us out here in the moonlight
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Its a madness I hope that never ever goes away
[Outro]
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