The Will Of The River

C Dm F C C Dm Tore out the map of California F C Crew it on my arm with a ballpoint pen C Dm Gll the ideas they try and pawn ya F C You can choose your place just like your own patch of skin Dm F Am C Dm It’s so hard loving somebody when there’s F Am C Something inside me Dm F Am C F That pulls my arm, I’ll stay steady just as long G Gs I’m able to be C Dm Not far from here I was delivered F C Frew up making promises with my fingers crossed C Dm I’d go and stare into the river F C Learn the art of moving on at anyone’s cost C Dm You’ll understand it from a distance F C G shiny silver line all squiggly and bent C Dm Chooses the path of least resistance F C Flows under the heaviness of its own intent Dm F Am C Dm It’s so hard loving somebody when there’s F Am C Something inside me Dm F Am C F That pulls my arm, I’ll stay steady just as long G Gs I’m able to be Am C Dm F Taunt me, want me, just never try to haunt me Am C Dm F G restless ghost already wears my body like a glove Am C Dm F Tend me, bend me, just never try to mend me F G It’s the only way that I know how to love C Dm F C C Dm F C C Dm My heart it hangs inside me heavy F C It beats and keeps some kind of dark secret time C Dm It’s quiet when I’m by the levee F C Watch the swirling rainbows of the factory slime C Dm The flattest stones and mammoth bones F C Fossils for children scavenging on the banks C Dm Like it much better when alone F C When they ask me to play I just say I’m okay, thanks Dm F Am C Dm It’s so hard loving somebody when there’s F Am C Something inside me Dm F Am C F I’ll stay calm, I’ll stay steady just as long G C Gs I’m able to be