Shipwrecked At The Stable Door

G G The man who twirled with rose in teeth C G Has his tongue tied up in thorns His once expanded sense of time and C D Space all shot and torn C G See him wander hat in hand C "Look at me, I'm so forlorn Em G D Ask anyone who can recall C G It's horrible to be born!" G Big Circumstance comes looming C G Like a darkly roaring train Rushes like a sucking wound C D Across a winter plain C G Recognizing neither polished shine C Nor spot nor stain Em G D And wherever you are on the compass rose C G You'll never be again C G Am Left like a shadow on the step Em G C D Where the body was before D G Shipwrecked at the stable door C G Am Left like a shadow on the step Em G C D Where the body was before D G Shipwrecked at the stable door G Big Circumstance has brought me here C G Wish it would send me home Never was clear where home is C D But it's nothing you can own C G It can't be bought with cigarettes C Or nylons or perfume Em G D And all the highest bidder gets C G Is a voucher for a tomb Blessed are the poor in spirit C G Blessed are the meek For theirs shall be the kingdom C D That the power mongers seek C G Blessed are the dead for love C And those who cry for peace Em G D And those who love the gift of earth C Em G May their gene pool increase C G Am Left like a shadow on the step Em G C D Where the body was before D G Shipwrecked at the stable door C G Am Left like a shadow on the step Em G C D Where the body was before G Shipwrecked at the stable door C G Am Em G C G D G