The Next 20Th Century

| D | D | D | D | 2x D The nazis that we hired for our wedding band G Played your anthem like I wasn’t there for the father/daughter dance D From the boondocks of Egypt to the nosebleeds at Calvary G Recite your history of oppression, babe, while you are under me Am G D There’s no doubting the devotion my ancestors had for yours Am G D Now we’ve got all the love to pay for like a thousand different wars | D | D | D | D | 2x D A square foot of empire around the peep show slot G I see an avatar of mercy with the same damn jeembles that I got D The boss wants to be anonymous The talent wants to be seen G We weren’t paying for your body, Lord We were paying you to leave Am G D Now, who will watch the chorus line stretching from Reno to Rome Am G D Listen, Cherry, I know you love me, but say you love me before you go | C D | D | C D | D | 4x | D | D | D | D | D Val Kilmer had a wall-length mirror just over there G Well, I’m sure he’s someone else now But he was Batman when he lived here D Maybe he’s Yankee Zulu just waiting for the flood G And maybe Mac the Conqueror with the severed head of love Am G D I’ve seen him wearing aviators and a black baseball hat Am G D Stalking airports across the bardo quiet as a wildcat | D | D | D | D | 2x D The wheel is turning from night into day G Everything’s in transition Everything must change D But none of us here will ever see the promised land G None of us here will be there for childhood's end Am G D I see ya, you student debtors in the watchtower overhead Am Searchin' for headlights in the driveway G D Crying "Dad, look what they did" Am Just look G D Even their romance made us masters and slaves Am G D And now things keep getting worse while staying so eerily the same Am Come build your burial grounds on our burial grounds G D But you won’t k**l death that way Am I don’t know about you, but I’ll take the love songs G D And give you the future in exchange Am I don’t know about you, but I’ll take the love songs G D If this century’s here to stay Am I don’t know about you, but I’ll take the love songs G D And the great distance that they came | Am | Am | G | D |