Twenty Three

C C/B Am Gadd4 D Dsus2 F G C C/B I moved to town at 23 Am Gadd4 And launched myself in society D Dsus2 From a squat in Archway, N19 F G Looking for a thrill C C/B I fell in love with Ecstasy Am Gadd4 Which seemed to fuel my vanity D Dsus2 I swore to write just poetry F G And live upon a hill F C Dm C G It wasn't her my love, it was me F C G Am Looking for another way to see F G C Looking for another place to be C C/B I sang my songs of Birmingham Am Gadd4 How did you relate to them? D Dsus2 Did you dig the proleterian way F G I got it wrong? C C/B I bet you never thought I'd dream of you Am Gadd4 More than that I'd fall for you D Dsus2 Walk just to bump into you F G Like you bumped into this song F C Dm C G It wasn't her my love, it was me F C G Am Looking for another way to see F G C Looking for another place to be C C/B And I'd betray my childhood Am Gadd4 Betray my class if I could D Dsus2 For a moment truly understood F G A reason to believe C C/B In ornamental flower beds Am Gadd4 There in blooms the memory D Dsus2 Of all those who can't come back to me F G The love we have to leave F C Dm C G It wasn't her my love, it was me F C G Am Looking for another way to see F G C Looking for another place to be F C Dm C G It wasn't her my love, it was me F C G Am Looking for another way to see F G C Looking for another place to be