G
pushing thru' the market square
E
so many mother sighing
Am
News had just come over
C G
We had five years left ti cry in
G
News guy wept and told us
E
earth was really dying
Am
Cried so much his face was wet
C
Then i knew he was not lying
G
I heard telephones opera house favorite melodies
E
I saw boys toys electric guns and T V's
Am
My brain hurt like a ware house it had no room to spare
C
I had to cram so many things to store ev'ry thing in there
Am
And all the fat skinny people
CAm
And all the tall short people
C G
And all the nobody people
C G
And all the somebody people
Am CG
I never thought i'd need so many people
G
A girl my age went off her head
E
Hit some tiny children
Am
If the black had not puled her off
C
I think she would have killed them
G
A soldier with a broken arm
E
Fixed his state to the wheels of a Cadilac
Am
A cop Knelt and kissed the feet of a priest
C
And a queer threw up at at the sight of that
G
I think i saw you in an ice cream parlour
E
Drinking milkshakes cold and long
Am
smiling and waving and looking so fine
C
Don't think you knew you were in this song
G
And it was cold and it rained so i felt like an actor
E
And i thoought of Ma and i wanted to get back there
Am
Your face Your race the way that you talk
C G
I kiss you you're beautifull I want you to walk we got
G
five years stuck on my eyes
E
five years what a surprise we got
Am
five years my brain hurts a lot
C G
five years that's all we got we've got