Nostradamus

Am C Em D Nostradamus, who's the calmest person in this town (2x) Am C Em D little squiggly lines trailing off the page Am C Em D the security guard all turn around and rush the stage Am C Em D Nostradamus, who's the calmest person in this town Am C Em D are they hither did they wither away in the crowd Am C Em D and if that mocking bird don't sing, oooo yeah Am C Em D and if those bells don't ever ring, oooo yeah Am C Em D airplanes crash and shake the floor, oooo yeah Am C Em D neither barter nor trade no this is war Am C Em D panoramic, nostradamic, carry me away Am C Em D who's your mama, who's your papa, did you lose them in the fray Am C Em D heavily medicated baby doesn't ever cry oooo yeah Am C Em D her pupils are constricted and her emotions are nigh oooo yeah Am C Em D and you're wearing a mohawk and I'm wearing a tie oooo yeah Am C Em D but we're not so different you and I Am C Em D firehouses, drunken spouses, gallant knights and grails Am C Em D hopping sparrows, pulsing marrows, into space we sail Am C Em D so I'm panting, running, climbing, strumming on the stairs oooo yeah Am C Em D leaving graf on the walls, spitting language everywhere oooo yeah Am C Em D and all the bullies at the bullybanquet eating bully food oooo yeah Am C Em D and all us lunatics spice up the mix under the full moon Am C Em D peter piper, my little cypher how are you today Am C Em D it's historic, please record it for posterity Am C Em D a calcium deficiency broke your bones oooo yeah Am C Em D they ain't been feeding you meat, they've been serving you stones Am C Em D Nostradamus, who's the calmest person in this town Am C Em D are they hither did they wander off into the crowd Am C Em D it was busy at the marketplace and buiness boomed oooo yeah Am C Em D full of bears and bulls clutching silver spoons oooo yeah Am C Em D and the dow it rose and rose all day oooo yeah Am C Em D as the yachts they sailed across the bay Ahhhh Am C Em D Nostradamus, ashen shaman, ginger ale and gin Am C Em D I record it, came out all distorted so I record it again Am C Em D cartographer, pornographer, musician and sage oooo yeah Am C Em D all try to make sense of the mayhem in this ever growing maze, maze ohhh Am C Em D lightning coming, storm clouds drumming up over my head Am C Em D run for shelter, helter skelter I can't hear what you said Am C Em D oh my train stops coming, gotta get off soon oooo yeah Am C Em D or maybe I'll just skip it and go some place new oooo yeah Am C Em D and all you satanists and buddhists and christians too oooo yeah Am C Em D a simple song of empathy I send to you Am C Em D out of Egypt on a steamship, let my people free Am C Em D part the ocean, leave it open until we've crossed safely Am C G D Ah Ah oooo yeah 8x