G Bm Better keep the heat off 'till the snow falls Em D I'll fill up on whiskey, rye and reruns C Scrambled Perry Como Bm Keep the volume down low G D C Or wake her fragile sleep G Bm Oh, how there's longevity in silence Em D Maybe I'll just sing myself a tune C Or when January comes Bm D I'll find myself a gun G D G And do away with all these quiet sounds [Chorus] F G Am Solitary life C G Come and get me, Jesus Christ F G I'm the last one you expected Am C But you never resurrected F G C Could not wait another second for you to rise [Interlude] C Ab G G (x2) [Verse] G Bm Quietly the visitors escape Em D And I am left alone to recuperate C From a dire expedition Bm And a fiery rendition G D C Of a humble life G Bm Brooding just beneath the varnished pine Em D The wicked smell of death and turpentine C Well, I'd offer up a flower Bm D My intentions have grown sour G D G And my tears have dried [Chorus] F G Am Solitary life C G Come and get me, Jesus Christ F G I'm the last one you expected Am C But you never resurrected F G C Could not wait another second for you to rise [Interlude] C Ab G G (x2) [Verse] G B I traded in the winter for a soft bed Em D Pastel Gladiolus, fist of ashes C Above your lovers feast Bm Below the hungry streets G D C I'll be laughing C G Bm It's the permanence that makes you tear your shirt Em D Or claw with desperate hands at frozen dirt C But you cannot change the wind Bm D Or the pallor of my skin G D C Oh my sweetest earthling G D G Oh my sweetest love [Chorus] (F) (G) Am Solitary life C G Come and get me, Jesus Christ F G I'm the last one you expected Am C But you never resurrected F G C Could not wait another second for you to rise