Poison Pill

 D7M                    Bb7M
I'm getting further and further away,
  G                                            D7M
From the people I knew by more than a name or face
         Bb7M           G
Marching deeper than, I'd ever thought to go

D7M               Bb7M
And I watch them one by one
G                                         D7M
Go into the fog and come out as someone else
           Bb7M                G
Not for the better, if at all

Bb7M     C              G
Oh how fast they turn to go
Bb7M                    C                G
And what's behind that change I'll never know
Bb7M        C                   G
If I keep standing still then I might avoid that poison pill
Bb7M         C       G    D9
We're all seduced to take

D7M          Bb7M
What I'm expected to do
 G                                             D7M
Is follow the leader through spirals and corkscrews
          Bb7M                   G
Eyes down, twisted round into a chain

D7M       Bb7M
Whatever comes my way
  G                                    D7M
Gets beaten down and saved for another day
               Bb7M               G
To be reckoned with or never realized

Bb7M     C              G
Oh how fast they turn to go
Bb7M                    C                G
And what's behind that change I'll never know
Bb7M           C                       G
It's hard to stay the same when we're all caught up in a number's game
Bb7M            C         G   D9
We all learn to count backwards