Run From Safety

Capo II C Em Am F (2x) C Em Am These double entendres and bills that we’ve laundered F C these mountains are molehills and the gypsy boys wander Em Am in search of their first love, in castles up high F C Em Am F when pressed upon it, these words are just lies C Em Am It’s proof I’m awake the the truth I can’t break F C as long as you take a hold of my neck Em Am we strangle each word, till it all sounds absurd F C Em Am F and then your hearing get blurred, ‘cause sounds are all we got C Em Am Love is top drawer, like an old pair of socks F C neatly tucked away, that my grandmother bought me Em Am with the savings she had, every Christmas morn F C Em Am F and now I’m feeling so bad, ‘cause all my socks are torn up C Em Am These judges and juries, convene in a hurry F C but there’s no need to worry, ‘cause their sans can’t hurt me Em Am and the powers they’ve got, oh they seem like a lot F C Em Am F oh I just ain’t enough to stop the meaningful stuff C Em Am So keep dressing yourselves, one leg at a time F C keep stacking those shelves with empty bottles of wine Em Am and this basement we’re in, it’s a fool-worthy mess F C Em Am F we’re all living in sin and we couldn’t care less C Em Am This windstorm a-pissin', it's quite the conniption F C the soul jurisdiction, we all bleed with conviction Em Am wrestling demons, on an empty platform F and our elders are screaming Em “why won’t you come back home Am why won’t you come back home F why can’t you come back home” C “Well I don’t think so” Em “Why can’t you come back home Am F we need you to come back home" C Em Am As long as we run from safety F C we’ll find a way out here maybe Em Am as long as we run from safety F we’ll find a way out here C we’ll find a way out here maybe Em Am F C as long as we run from safety, we’ll find a way out here maybe Em Am F as long as we run from safety, we’ll find a way out here maybe End on C