Am E F Dm Am E All the rowboats in the paintings F Dm They keep trying to row away Am E And the captains' worried faces F Dm Stay contorted and staring at the waves Am E They'll keep hanging in their gold frames F Dm For forever, forever and a day Am E All the rowboats in the oil paintings F Dm They keep trying to row away, row away Am E Hear them whispering French and German F Dm Dutch, Italian, and Latin Am E When no one's looking I touch a sculpture F Dm Marble, cold, and soft as satin Am E But the most special are the most lonely F Dm God, I pity the violins Am E In glass coffins they keep coughing F Dm They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing Am E First there's lights out, then there's lock up F Dm Masterpieces serving maximum sentences Am E It's their own fault for being timeless F Dm There's a price to pay and a consequence Am E All the galleries, the museums F Dm Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs Am E They're just public mausoleums F Dm The living dead fill every room Am E But the most special are the most lonely F Dm God, I pity the violins Am E In glass coffins they keep coughing F Dm They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing Am E They will stay there in their gold frames F Dm For forever, forever and a day Am E All the rowboats in the oil paintings F Dm They keep trying to row away, row away Am E First there's lights out, then there's lock up F Dm Masterpieces serving maximum sentences Am E It's their own fault for being timeless F Dm There's a price to pay and a consequence Am E All the galleries, the museums F Dm They will stay there forever and a day Am E All the rowboats in the oil paintings F Dm They keep trying to row away, row away Am E All the rowboats in the oil paintings F Dm They keep trying to row away, row away