Am          C          D
Keep it quick, say it brief
         F              G   Am
If it's fast it will be a relief
         C              D
Short on time, that's a gift
           F                    G         Am
Count your seconds, and they'll catch the drift

[Verse 1]
          G                C             F         Em7
Disparate parts, desperate hearts pulled through a sieve
Am        G                      C                    F
Hand me a chart so I know how to start to say this is all I
    G
can give
C                   Dm
To summarize seems incomplete
                Dm            G          Em
How novel is a novel that can fit on one sheet
                  Em
It seems that I'm destined to fail
   Dm                     G
To compress myself to the size of a thumbnail

[Chorus]
Am      C             D
Keep it quick, say it brief
        F               G    Am
If it's fast it will be a relief
         C              D
Short on time, that's a gift
           F                    G     C   Am
Count your seconds, and they'll catch the drift

[Post-Chorus]
      Am
Na na na, na na
        C         D
They'll catch the drift
      F
Na na na, na na
        F     G   Am
They'll catch the drift
      Am
Na na na, na na
        C         D
They'll catch the drift
      F
Na na na, na na
        F     G   Am
They'll catch the -

[Verse 2]
                  G
Don't like what's revealed here
                   C                               F Em7  Am
When your depth of field's near, it's hard to come close
                     G                    C             F
Chip stones from the boulder, suddenly my vulnerability shows
G   Am
Oooooh
                 C                    Dm
You can crop and trim till all that's left
                    Am                  G       Em
is the essence of a presence that is feeling bereft
                       Em
Of a guard in just the gist of a tale
         Dm                   G
that is less of an image and more of a thumbnail

[Chorus]
Am      C             D
Keep it quick, say it brief
        F               G    Am
If it's fast it will be a relief
         C              D
Short on time, that's a gift
           F                    G         Am
Count your seconds, and they'll catch the drift

[Post-Chorus]
      Am
Na na na, na na
        C         D
They'll catch the drift
      F
Na na na, na na
        F     G   Am
They'll catch the drift
      Am
Na na na, na na
        C         D
They'll catch the drift
      F
Na na na, na na
        F     G   Am
They'll catch the drift