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[Intro]
G  C  Am  D  x6

[Verse 1]
    G     C     Am       D
Oh, once upon a midnight dearie
  G                   C     Am    D
I woke with something in my head
          G          C        Am   D
You see I couldn't escape the memory
       G                 C        Am    D
Of the phone call and of what you said
       G            C              Am      D
Like a game show contestant with a parting gift
        G     C        Am    D
I could not believe my eyes
       G               C          Am      D
When I saw through the voice of a trusted friend
             G            C       Am    D
Who needs to humor me and tell me lies,
     G            C       Am    D
yeah humor me and tell me lies

[Verse 2]
    G        C           Am      D
And I'll lie too and say I don't mind
    G     C       Am       D
And as we seek so shall we find
    G                   C         Am       D
And when you're feeling open I'll still be here
    G             C         Am      D
But not without a certain degree of fear
   G         C       Am      D
Of what will be with you and me
  G         C          Am     D
I still can see things hopefully

[Chorus]
    G    C    Am
But you
D             G         C    Am    D
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
        G         C      Am           D
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up?
     G           C  Am   D  G   C  Am  D
When all it does is slow me down

[Verse 3]
    G     C         Am   D
And shake me and my confidence
        G     C         Am    D
About a great many things
     G        C           Am     D
But I've been there I can see it cower
       G                C              Am    D
Like a nervous magician waiting in the wings
     G   C              Am         D
Of a bad play where the heroes are right
    G      C           Am        D
And nobody thinks or expects too much
    G           C               Am    D
And Hollywood's calling for the movie rights
         G               C       Am    D
Singing "Hey babe, let's keep in touch",
    G           C       Am    D
hey baby, let's keep in touch

[Verse 4]
           G           C            Am           D
But I want more than a touch I want you to reach me
    G               C             Am       D
And show me all the things no one else can see
   G        C            Am      D
So what you feel becomes mine as well
    G             C             Am        D
And soon if we're lucky we'd be unable to tell
       G         C         Am        D
What's yours and mine, the fishing's fine
       G               C                   Am        D
And it doesn't have to rhyme, so don't you feed me a line

[Chorus]
    G    C    Am
But you
D             G         C    Am    D
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
        G         C      Am           D
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up?
     G           C  Am   D  G   C  Am  D
When all it does is slow me down

[Instrumental]
G  C  Am  D  x6

[Verse 5]
          G      C                 Am        D
Tra la la bom da dear, this is the pilot speaking, and I've
G        C        Am    D
Got some news for you
            G          C                Am       D
It seems my ship still stands no matter what you drop
                  G              C       Am    D
And there ain't a whole lot that you can do
            G             C            Am            D
Oh sure the banner may be torn and the wind's gotten colder
G             C             Am    D
Perhaps I've grown a little cynical
      G       C               Am       D
But I know no matter what the waitress brings
         G             C       Am    D
I shall drink it and always be full, yeah
       G             C        Am    D
I will drink it and always be full

[Verse 6]
   G      C          Am     D
Oh I like coffee and I like tea
            G          C       Am    D
I'd like to be able to enter a final plea
  G              C              Am         D
I still got this dream that you just can't shake
  G               C                Am     D
I love you to the point you can no longer take
         G      C       Am      D
Well all right okay, so be that way
  G        C                 Am                D
I hope and pray that there's something left to say

[Chorus]
    G    C    Am
But you
D             G         C    Am    D
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
        G         C      Am           D
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up
     G              C       Am    D
When all it does is slow me down?

[Outro]
   G    C    Am
Oh you
D             G         C    Am    D
Why you wanna give me a run-around?
        G         C      Am           D
Is it a sure-fire way to speed things up
     G           C  Am   D  G   C  Am  D
When all it does is slow me down?