G                        D        Am
They flutter behind you your possible pasts,
     C                          D              G
Some brighteyed and crazy, some frightened and lost.
  G                 D           Am
A warning to anyone still in command
C                 D               G
Of their possible future, to take care.
   G                    D          Am
In derelict sidings the poppies entwine
     C                      D                 G
With cattle trucks lying in wait for the next time.
Em
Do you remember me, how we used to be,
                         D        C
Do you think we shoud be closer?

    G                         D           Am
She stood in the doorway, the ghost of a smile
C                        D           G
Haunting her face like a cheap hotel sign.
    G                       D            Am
Her cold eyes imploring the men in their macs
        C                         D               G
For the gold in their bags or the knives in their backs.
G                      D           Am
Stepping up boldly one put out his hand.
          C                      D                G
He said, "I was just a child then, now I'm only a man."
Em
Do you remember me,  how we used to be,
                          D
Do you think we should be closer?

Em  C  Em  C  Em  D  C  D  Cmaj9

       G                          D        Am
By the cold and religious we were taken in hand
      C                    D            G
Shown how to feel good and told to feel bad.
G                        D           Am
Strung out behind us the banners and flags
       C                     D           G
Of our possible pasts lie in tatters and rags.
Em
Do you remember me, how we used to be,
                          D
Do you think we should be closer?