The Roches - Speak
[Verse 1]
G F G F
The time has come for me to speak
G F G
Uh oh, the time has come
G F G F
And while the silence picks on me
G F G C
I pray to not be dumb
[Verse 2]
G C G C
So I am hunting for the words
G C G
Just wait 'til I find some
C G C
I need some syllables, do you
G C G C G C
Know where to get them from?
[Verse 3]
D C D
When I am in my house alone
C D C D
My speeches take a week___
C D C D
But from my lips when you are near
C D C D G C G C
A sound will seldom leak______
[Verse 4]
G C G C
When I was a little girl
G C G
I coined a mighty text
C G C
Looking back I blush to hear
G C G C
What I'd come out with next
[Verse 5]
G F G F
Is now the time for me to speak
G F G
But what if they talk back
C G C
Oh, when I open up my beak
G C G C G C
I hope that I can quack
[Verse 6]
D C D
And if I do, look out, beware
Em C D
The truth is hard to take___
C D C D
And everything for all I care
Em C D G
Can jump into a lake______
[Verse 7]
G F G F
Is now the time for me to speak
G F G
But what if they talk back
C G C
Oh, when I open up my beak
G C G C G C
I hope that I can quack