Em C Em C Em C Em C
G D C
At your house the smell of our still living human bodies and oven gas
You pray to nothing out loud
G Em C
Two first names and an ampersand embroidered proudly on a kitchen towel
G D C D
You're a beautiful and violent work with the skinny neck of a Chinese bird
G D
in a fading ancient painting
Em C G
And if you're in heaven waiting you made it there fighting
DCD
the tightest kite string in a bad storm with lightning
Chorus:
Em G C Em
And now these few presidents frowning in my pocket
C Em D C G D
Can't persuade no god to let me let you talk
Em G C Em
And now these few presidents frowning in my pocket
C G D C G D
Can't persuade no god to let me let you off
GD
Even though I haven't seen you in years
CD EmDC
yours is a funeral I'd fly to from anywhere
Verse 2:
G D
I thought I had a pebble in my sock
Em C
I pulled it off and shook out a wasp
G D
It stumbled out lost and without a pause
Em C
unstung as I was still I stomped it
Em C
I thought There is no paved street worthy
Em C
of your perfect Scandinavian feet
Em C
My crooked chinese fingers groped wah-wah wah
Em CD
the machinery of your throat
Em
Repeat Chorus then repeat "anywhere." (fade out)