C
Found the throughline for all humankind
If given the time
Dm
They’ll blow up or walk on the moon
It’s just what they do
C
For personal gain on Thanksgiving Day
I joined the parade
Dm
I stood at the top of the float
And threw out a rose
C
Watched a blast from the past, Indigenous dance
Started to laugh
Dm
And then I just started to cry
G
This world is waving goodbye
[Chorus]
C G Dm G
So cut a rug let’s throw a party
C G Dm G
Birthday cards for everyone
C G Dm G
Swallow hard and say you’re sorry
Dm G Dm G
Just admit what you have done
[Verse]
C
I studied your work like architecture
Cathedral of words
Dm
The meaning’s not easy to tell
Comes back around on itself
C
Admirers, your biographer
The odometer
Dm
There’s no way to turn back the clock
It’s going to run until it stops
C
So excited to play, we turned up all the way
Electric, ecstatic, psychotic
Dm
Jumped into the drums
G
Was pandemonium
[Chorus]
C G Dm G
So if it’s time let’s go together
C G Dm G
I will be your ballast now
C G Dm G
Let’s sail into that stormy weather
Dm G Dm G
No matter how it turns out
[Bridge]
Dm Em
I just want to stand by your side
Am
When everyone calls you a lie
A7
I’ll be your shield. There’s still some truth worth defending.
Dm Em
Let’s stroll to the edge of the cliff
Am
Stop here and give me a kiss
G
Now we’re walking on air, there’s no hell beneath our feet
[Verse]
C
If it ever occurred, just once in the world
A love as absurd
Dm
As ours I would scream what we lost
G C
From the mountaintop
