Verse 1: Fm I curse the day I bought that phonograph for you, my dear Eb C7 Fm For there are times I swear that it's alive C7 Db7 I chase at night the whispering from the music room so clear Ab C7 Fm But I'm mocked with silent scorn when I arrive Fm I try to play Caruso but the needle skips the groove Eb C7 Fm While calypso and Ravel keep coming back C7 Db7 And there beside that damned machine, you lie and never move Ab C7 Fm I'm cuckolded by metal and shallac Chorus: Db Ab It comes to me in dreams and it declares, "I'm Joan of Arc Eb C7 Fm "You can burn me but I've power from above" Db Ab But I fear it's not a dream and you'll be swallowed in its darkness Eb C7 Fm It will one day speak your words for you, my love Verse 2: Fm I tried to throw it out but back again the trashmen came Eb C7 Fm They were ashen white like they'd seen Father Death C7 Db7 And they told me that it cried aloud and spoke to them by name Ab C7 Fm So they returned it, ran, and prayed under their breath Fm And every night I long to coax you from that phonograph Eb C7 Fm But it's drained the appetites I once fulfilled C7 Db7 Its gaping mouth, obscene and wide, turns every tune to laughter Ab C7 Fm And its arm it waves commands to have me killed Chorus: Db Ab It comes to me in dreams and it declares, "I'm Joan of Arc Eb C7 Fm "You can burn me but I've power from above" Db Ab But I fear it's not a dream and you'll be swallowed in its darkness Eb C7 Fm It will one day speak your words for you, my love Interlude: Fm Eb C7 Fm C7 Ab C7 Fm Verse 3: Fm And now that you've gone deaf to every word that I could say Eb C7 Fm I'm reaching out the only way you'll hear C7 Db7 I beg into a microphone for you to turn my way Ab C7 Fm And with my voice on wax, my body disappears Fm So play me on your phonograph and swear that I'll be yours Eb C7 Fm Though your heart and voice can nevermore be won C7 Db7 Just drag that needle on me as I spin my loving course Ab Dreaming only of your kiss Ab All the charms of yours I miss A As I pop and as I hiss Bb Spiraling into the abyss B Oh my god, it's come to this Fm We've been undone Outro: F Put another record on Dm Play that music all night long G C F Fm And by the break of dawn, we'll be in love F Put another record on Dm Play that music all night long G C F Fm And by the break of dawn, we'll be in love
