Intro D Bm (4 times)
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D G A
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I don't understand telepathy, but I am thinking of you
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D G A
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I am going to get my feelings across the gulf that divides me and you
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D D/C# D/C D/B (bass run)
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Cos when the doors get locked and the windows are shuttered
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D D/C# D/C D/B
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The oaths get broken and the curses are muttered
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D D/C# D/C D/B
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and every emotion's confused and cluttered
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A Bm G
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There's nothing to stop us from burning out, just like a candle,
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D
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with too many knots to untangle
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I know there's a better world somewhere you've just got to take a look
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Yeah but unfortunately it's in the pages of a kid's storybook
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does your daddy look down on us and say this is wrong
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will your mother figure me out from the words in this song
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did you prefer the guy who was hung like king kong
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well I just wanna feel your curves again when they're not at right angles
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with too many knots to untangle
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G Bm
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The rusted remains of an automobile
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G Bm
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sits out in the backyard with only one wheel
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Bm A
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ignored and deserted you know how it feels
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Yeah its a random universe, there is no plan involved
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we just bounce around like rubber balls and sometimes nothing gets solved
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do you know these people the chances are slim
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even their shadows are wearing thin and you're not her and I'm not him
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but I don't wanna tie you up any more and leave you to dangle,
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with too many knots to untangle (3 times) then intro again
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too many knots to untangle (repeat over intro chords with backing vocals and oohs)
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Too many knots to untangle
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| Graham Parker |
