G Bm
When you were younger, you had nightmares
C G G/F#
You had scissor-pain and phantom limbs
Em Am
And things that kept you nervous
C D
Through that twelve-year interim
G Bm
When you fell crossing that street
C G G/F#
South of Houston, old Manhattan land
Em Am
Those nightmares fell from building-tops
C D
And took you by the hand
G Bm
And you were brought into those rooms
C G G/F#
With sliding curtains, shining children's heads
Em Am
And one of them, that boy
C D
Was not as lucky as you then
G Bm
But he returns to you at night
C G G/F#
Just when you think you might have fallen asleep
Em Am
His face is up against yours
C D
And you're too terrified to speak
Am D
Oh, Sylvia
Am D
Oh, Sylvia
Em Am
You may think that I'm not listening
C D
But I am, goddamn, I am
G Bm
I won't pretend I understand
C G G/F#
Because I can't, and know I never will
Em Am
But something makes you sting
C D
And something makes you want to kill
G Bm
It made you crawl under that house
C G G/F#
And stick your head under the stove
Em
It's all connected
Am C D
In those complicated nightmares that you wove
Am D
Oh, Sylvia
Am D
Oh, Sylvia
Em Am
You may think that I'm not listening
C D
But I am, goddamn, I am