G              
You carry the beach in your way too short hair
D
That you shaved off last week cause you freaked and got scared
               Em           D              G
That when it's longer, you remind me of her


G    
So you offered it up with what passed for authority,
D
A strict sort of challenge that you directed straight at me
               Em           D              G
You said "forget her, I don't care what you two were"


           C
So it's a trick on your ego
D
A two-step off tempo
Em
A solid gold bracelet
     G
Under lights in a window
D                                  G
In some shopping mall where I never go


G
You play coy and count tiles, drag your toes through the water
D
Raise your eyes, bite your lip and my mind's in the gutter
            Em           D              G
You move at me and take my face in your hands


G
I feel light bulbs explode and a fire crack thunder sends
D
The slow seismic shift, the sprawling cloud cover
               Em           D              G
But when we're finished I feel awful again


            C
So it's the same sorry story
           D
Just the cast changes nightly
     Em
It skips like a record
        G
But it glows like a movie
           D                  G
You're the country sky that I never see


G     D        C                            G
Shake in your voice makes me feel empty and ugly
      D                             C     
All scattered anger like a windstorm howling violently
                 C
And I wanna fade out
                      D
And wake up somewhere else
                    G
Where no face is familiar
                 C
And I'm left by myself
                    C
To keep plugging away
                 D
On my own wasted time
                 G                      C
To eat badly and spend all my money and write
                   C
To not feel too guilty
                 D
To be tired at night
                      G
Since I'm not fixing things here
                  C
I'll leave them behind
                    D                             G
So you make your decision cause I'm through making mine


G
Now I walk where the street swallows light like it's water
           D
I see the slant of your smirk on every kid at the corner
            Em               D              G
But if you called, I'd never know what to say
                        C     D
So I just hope you never will
                                  G
Cause things are easier that way