Verse 1:
        C5
I can argue with the mime

I can argue with the mime

he is reading me the riot act
          E5                A5      E5
every line
( Em - C - D )

       C5
every lawyer in his prime

every lawyer in his prime

gets nostalgic for the bar's
            E5              A5    E5
naivete to crime

Chorus:
A5
G5                         A5
    ascetics wring their hands
G5                   A5
    this decadent misuse
G5                   A5
    inside my china room
G5                                              
    you are my coffee spoon

C5  E5  A5  E5  ( E5 - C5 - D5 )
C5  E5  A5  E5

Verse 2:
      C5
my indulgence is a joke

and while everybody laughs

I'm clipping coupons
            E5
saving my breath

        C5
I was celebrating Lent

with a candle in a tent

when you came and snatched me up
             E5
out of retirement

         C5
now I'm buying finer clothes

in department store windows

throwing credit cards down
                     E5
I never raised my voice

I never raised my voice

Chorus:
A5
G5                           A5
    ascetics wring their hands
G5                      A5
    this decadent misuse
G5                      A5
    inside my china room
G5                                              
    you are my coffee spoon

C5  E5  A5  E5  ( E5 - C5 - D5 )
C5  E5  A5  E5