Flies
From the album Wilderness
[INTRO]
G
[VERSE 1]
C G
Your fan of golden hair
D G G/F#
oiled with rose and cinnamon
Em G
As your blood bloomed poppy red
Am C G
across your velvet coat
Am C G
Your deep blue velvet coat
[VERSE 2]
C G
Yes, there in Montana prairie grass
D G G/F#
the Sioux shot Custer down
Em G
His red scarf tied, his black boots shined
Am C G
How beautiful he looked to the flies,
Am C G
the happy kingdom of flies
[VERSE 3]
C G
Dear Custer there's a Wal-Mart now
D G G/F#
where once the grizzlies roamed
Em G
Mountains of hair spray and cowboy shirts
Am C G
and everyone has a gun
Am C G
Everyone still has a gun
[VERSE 4]
C G
But high in the rafters above the lights,
D G G/F#
red finches, they hide their nests
Em G
And when our cars drive out of sight
Am C G
they sing symphonies across the night
Am C G
In their forest of heating pipes
[VERSE 5]
C G
And out past the parking lot along the curb
D G G/F#
in the wilds of weed and trash
Em G
Great armies of the smallest ants
Am C G
fight battles for the glory of their queen
Am C G
Such a tiny glorious queen
[VERSE 6]
C G
But even the empress of the ants
D G G/F#
for whom ten thousand fall
Em G
Makes not a sound beneath the blades
Am C G
of our great empire of lawns
Am C G
How quiet is the empire of lawns