Intro: D Edim7 Dbdim7 Bm Em G Bb6 D G D Dmaj7 D7 Don't take the following words as reverence for tradition Em G D I've learned to pick my battles by losing most I've fought D G D Dmaj7 D7 The more mores subverted, the more I sense I'm missing Em G D D And I'll always do it my way, even if that's just the same way I was taught D G D Dmaj7 D7 I'll bring home the bread and you'll stay home and bake it Em G D Weeding out the garden where the milestones gather moss D G D Dmaj7 D7 Crack a smile at my vows, and whisper "wow, can you believe we really made it?" Em G D As I give up on dodging rice, and fold my cape, I say "obviously not" Interlude: D Dmaj7 D7 Em G D Dmaj7 D7 But I want to be just like my parents before I was born Em G D D Oh can we be just like my parents? Mmm-hmm-hmm D G D Dmaj7 D7 I know you don't want kids but think about a daughter Em G D We could name her Gwendolyn, like mom would have called me D G D Dmaj7 D7 I'm not sure yet myself, but I learned from a good father Em G D D Yeah, I mean sure, they messed me up. But I think that's just the gig D G D Dmaj7 D7 And maybe it's just some hormones that kick in in your late twenties Em G D But I have laid a lot of women, and now I'd like to just lay down D G D Dmaj7 D7 And marriage always scared me, but I'd like to have a last love Em G D And love can last a pretty good long while. I've seen it around Interlude: D Dmaj7 D7 Em G D Dmaj7 D7 Oh, can we be just like my parents when I was young? Em G D D Why can't we be just like my parents? Mmm-hmm-hmm Instrumental: D Edim7 Dbdim7 Bm Em G Bb6 Em G Tongue out of my cheek now, I'm done pulling faces D Edim7 Iconoclasm wanes. My cynicism tires Em G But what do I know bout forever when so far, I've been so fleeting? D Edim7 Babe, my frontal lobe's done growing; this might just be how I'm wired Em G But now we're kissing before brushing, smile with our whole faces D Edim7 If you want a hyphen last name I guess I don't mind the cadence Em G I've seen home videos. I was there back in the 80's D Edim7 And if I'm just them and they back then could do it, why can't I? Em G D Dmaj7 D7 Just like my parents in due time Em G D Imagine me, just like my parents? Yeah, right D Em7 D Dmaj7 D7 'Cause I've made more mistakes, than simple empty moments Em G D Each one as out of character as you know I tend to be D Dmaj7 D7 G G Gm6 There'll be scalpers at the cemetery gates, with all my would-be widows weeping Em G D D I'd have forgotten all their names, so why should you remember me? D G D Dmaj7 D7 But if we grow old together and you talk to my headstone Em G D That is, assuming that I die first, -which is fair- and assuming I don't leave D G D Dmaj7 D7 Close enough to forever, I guess, to prove what I hoped Em G D I mean otherwise how am I to believe? Outro: Edim7 Dbdim7 Bm Em G Bb6 D
