Verse 1: Dbm Ab A They're taking pictures of the man from God E B I hope his cassock's clean Dbm Ab A The burden of being a holy fellow E B E Your halo better gleam, better gleam E5 B Dbm What of all those wayward priests? E B The ones who like to drink E5 B Dbm Do you suppose they'd swap their blood for wine E B E Like you swapped yours for ink, for ink Verse 2: Dbm Ab A You wrote me oh so many letters E B And all of them seemed true Dbm Ab A Promises look good on paper E B E Especially from you, from you E5 B Dbm The weight of all those willing words E B I carried all alone E5 B Dbm You wouldn't put your pen to bed E B E When we hadn't found our own, our own Verse 3: Dbm Ab A Your sentences rose high at night E B And circled round my head Dbm Ab A The circle's since been broken E B E Like the priest before me is breaking bread E5 B Dbm I'm being asked to drink the blood of Christ E B And soon I'll eat his flesh E5 B Dbm I'm alone again before the altar E B E Shedding all my old regrets Verse 4: Dbm Ab A The last of which I'll tell you now E B As it flies down the sink Dbm Ab A I never knew a part of you E B E You didn't set in ink, in ink E5 B Dbm The letters that you left behind E B No longer shall I read E5 B Dbm Your blood's between the pages E B E And I can't stand to see you bleed Verse 5: Dbm Ab A And I'll soon forget what was never there E B Your words are ash and dust Dbm Ab A All that's left is the song I've sung E B E The breath I've taken and the one I must E5 B Dbm If you're born with a love for the wrote and the writ E B People of letters your warning stands clear E5 B Dbm Pay heed to your heart and not to your wit E B E Don't say in a letter what you can't in my ear
