The Boy From Rye

A Em D A Em D A A Em D The boy from Rye came down on the train A With his parents and his sister Em7 Where the summer lawns roll down to the sea D A And the air is softer than a whisper A Em The girls from school in our summer tans D A Suddenly self conscious and uncertain Em All in a row we arranged ourselves for him D A Waiting to see if we deserved him G A One too fat, one too thin G D A One too many flaws to measure G A Impossible to live inside your skin G A And serve at someone else’s pleasure A Em7 D A A Em Our parents dozed after tennis and a swim D A And disappeared into their gin and tonics Em7 And there we were, alone with him D A His smile knowing and ironic G D A One too strong, one too smart G A But none immune to love or summer G A One by one he broke our virgin hearts G A And set us one against the other A Em D A Em7 D A A Em We dreamed of boys and kisses on the lawn D A We yearned to feel that mystery inside us Em And there we were with the summer nearly gone D A We’d let that mystery divide us G A I lost you – you lost me G A So long ago we barely can remember G A And the boy from Rye took the train back home G A And the world moved on into September A Em D A Em D A