Intro: A A Oh, oh, oh brother totem pole A I saw your legends lined up Bm And I never felt more natural Gbm Bm Gbm Apart, I just came apart A Please, please, please sister Socrates A You always answer with a question Bm Show some kindness to a petty thief Gbm Bm Gbm Forgive, you did forgive D E Watch the migrants smoke in the old orange grove A D And the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral D E You’ve been a father to me in 1960’s speak A D Give me comatose joy like rerun TV Bm While the mountain’s side was shining A Wild colors of my destiny Bm I watched your face age backwards A Changing shape in my memory Bm You taught me victory’s sweet A Even deep in the cheap seats Interlude: A A Bm Gbm Bm Gbm A Hey, hey, hey mother interstate A Can you deliver me from evil Bm Make me honest make me wedding cake Gbm Bm Gbm Atone, I will atone A Wait, wait, wait mighty outer-space A All that flying saucer terror Bm Made me lazy drinking lemonade Gbm Bm Gbm a waste, it just went to waste D E Like the Freon cold out the hotel door A D Or the white rocket fade over Cape Canaveral D E You’ve been a daughter to me your buried shoe-box grief A D I felt your poltergeist love like savannah heat Bm While the waterfall was pouring A Crazy symbols of my destiny Bm I watched your face die backwards A Little baby in my memory Bm You told me victory's sweet A Even deep in the cheap seats D Gbm D And you don’t judge me E D That’s not your style Gbm But I won’t see you Dbm D for a little while Gbm D And there’s no worries, oh lord E D Who's got time Gbm E All these changes gonna fill your mind D E Like the citrus glow off the old orange grove A D Or the red rocket blaze over Cape Canaveral D E It’s been a nightmare to me Some 1980’s greed A D Gives me parachute dreams Like old war movies Bm A While the uniVerse was drawing perfect circles for infinity Bm I watched the stars get smaller A Tiny diamonds in my memory Bm I know that victory is sweet A Even deep in the cheap seats
