intro:
Dm Bb F G (2x)

verse:
Bb F A Dm
Bb F A A7

chorus:
D A Gm Bm
G D A Am G A

(Dm Bb F G)
I'm all alone this is a holiday
some bloody holiday
my friends have gone away

(Dm Bb F G)
they're of the temp-or-ary sort I think
I will be better without
as long as you let me out

(Bb F A Dm)
to taste the air beside the river
I pick the soundtrack with immaculate care

(Bb F A A7)
such a lot rests upon it
my life upon a song
you don't know how much I need
musician, please take heed

(Dm Bb F G)
I thought I might just write a letter
anything to stay away
from books and lessons today

(Dm Bb F G)
besides, it's part of my induction
into the literate world
I am a literate girl

(Bb F A Dm)
I string the words together softly
I lay my love upon you with each line

(Bb F A A7)
a gift of improvising
removes me from revising
I made a daisy chain from
phrase, verse, and punctuation

(D A Gm Bm)
ill kick this mood off with a change of scene
I bought a leotard I'm going to the gym

(G D A Am G A)
I couldn't get away with wearing it all summer
but I've lost a lot of weight 
I think it's down to leaving meat
out of my diet as a rule
I won't buy it 'cause it's cruel

(Dm Bb F G)
and if the nighttime threatens me with pain
I will give into lust
I will do what I must

(Dm Bb F G)
I've got a number of a girl I know
who gets hallucinogens from a pair of hooligans

(Bb F A Dm)
ill take a dose I don't mind trying
she lets me stay there while I leave the ground

(Bb F A A7)
Old episodes of Miser
I snuggle up beside her
think that I'll stay 'till morning
she's got me started yawning