| Artist: | David Keenan (English) |
| User: | Per |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Default |
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| Comment: | - |
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I was gifted a book by somebody who loved me
Bm Dsus2/F#
About a man who got even with God
A
Sat in hyperactive London's
E
cold central station
Bm Dsus2/F#
The city began sleeping like a dog
A
Then a tramp with one eye
E
placed his hand on my thigh
Bm Dsus2/F#
I said "Hold it, pick a window, you're leavin'."
A
"Oh, do forgive me," he sighed,
E
"I was a fan in my prime."
Bm Dsus2/F#
He must have thought I was somebody else
[Chorus 1]
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Here's to the fathers of the lost sons
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and the unholy ghosts
A
It's the ones that seem destined
E
to get left behind
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interest me the most
A
I am the prodigal son
E
Resting his head on the drum that was
Bm Dsus2/F#
carried through the welcoming parade
A
And I give all I have
E
I will give all I have
Bm Dsus2/F#
Strip me bare, have me washed in the rain
[Verse 2]
On a street you've never heard of,
there's a wooden piano
On its last legs in a last chance saloon
It is manned by a drunkard,
who is dripping with poetry
Sitting stupefied, nailed to the stool
The man catches my gaze
and produces this page
From his waistcoat with a slipped disk smile
"Look boy, here is my last known
correspondence with Christ."
I tried to read it, but my glasses were filthy."
[Chorus 2]
Here's to the fathers of the lost sons
and the unholy ghosts
It's the ones that seem destined
to get left behind
interest me the most
I am the prodigal son
Resting his head on the drum that was
carried through the welcoming parade
And I'd give all I have
I would give all I have
Strip me bare, have me washed by the rain
Oh, aye
[Verse 3]
Past the government housing
Right off Donaldson Road
Open collars, open hearts
They swap anorexic lyrics
for pyrotechnic rhymes
As car lights knife their way through the dark
And this feeling persists
We as people exist in a state of anticipation
You know it comes at a cost
Or so the great unwashed have informed me
And I tend to believe them these days
[Chorus 3]
Here's to the fathers of the lost sons
and the unholy ghosts
It's the ones that seem destined
to get left behind
interest me the most
I am the prodigal son
Resting his head on the drum that was
carried through the welcoming parade
And I'd give all I have
I would give all I have
I would give all I have
I would give all I have
A
I would give all I have
E
Yeah, I wanna give all I have
Bm
I would give all I have
Dsus2/F#
I won't give all I have
A
I won't give all I have
E
I won't give all I have
Bm Dsus2/F#
Strip me bare, have me washed by the rains
Dsus2/F#
Or something freeing like that anyway
[Outro]
A E Bm Dsus2/F#
A E
I was gifted a book by somebody who loved me
Bm
About a man who got even with God