The Bricklayers Son

C Am F C C Am F C C Oh, this is what I've become Am I am the bricklayer's son F C Born at the wrong time C Oh, the weight, it leads me astray Am But I will not stand in your way F C If you don't stand in mine C My mind, it moved like mercury Am Through the thin plasticine F C Of your heart's circuitry C Oh well, at least it did until Am A whole damn mountain of pills F C Buried me G C F But I won't come back you see G C F Don't take it so personally G C F C It's just when you look at me C G/B C F I see it bright as the sun, oh C G C My failures all at once C So now, now I live with a girl Am At the edge of the world F C She's a bricklayer too C Oh, I loved her right from the start Am When she ripped out my heart F C She reminds me of you G C F But I won't come back you see G C F Don't take it so personally G C F C It's just when you look at me C G/B C F I see it bright as the sun, oh C G C My failures all at once C Am F C C Am F C G C F G C F G C F C C G/B C F C G C C Oh, this is what I've become Am I am the bricklayer's son F C But I'm not wasting my time C Oh, the weight, it leads me astray Am But I will not stand in your way F C If you don't stand in mine