F5 Now the lounge is full of farmers C5 for the 7:30 draw A5 Bb5 The teammates all left before they had to buy a round F5 C5 When they pull the 50/50, and I've lost again I'll go A5 Bb5 Maybe have one more brown one for the snowy road G5 Bb5 All the championship banners going yellow on the wall F5 C5 Bb5 And my name when it gets closer to last call F5 So Elvira brings my bottle C5 Hold it up and let it bend A5 Bb5 Figures of two rinks battling an extra end F5 And i'm peeling off the label C5 As they peel a corner guard A5 Bb5 Dance down the sheet to the tune of "Hurry, Hurry Hard" G5 And my popcorn squeaks with the question Bb5 Wonders why I'm not at home F5 C5 Bb5 Where you wait beside a silent telephone F5 C5 Bb5 Doodle circles within circles all alone G5 Have to stop myself from climbing Bb5 On the table full of empties to yell: F5 Bb5 F5 "Why, why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?" Bb5 G5 "Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?" Bb5 I slide right through the day F5 Always throwing hack weight F5 Right off, no never never ever ever C5 Right off, no never never ever never A5 Right off, no never never never ever Bb5 Right off, no never ever never ever G5 Now the senior bonspiel winners Bb5 Circa 1963 F5 C5 Bb5 Are all staring, glaring dis-approvingly F5 C5 Bb5 From their frame in that old photograph at me G5 And I know you're out their waiting Bb5 For an answer I can't give you so tell me, F5 Bb5 F5 "Why, why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?" Bb5 G5 "Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?" G5 We roll right through our years Bb5 We rip right through our months G5 Bb5 We slide through our days F (to end) And always throwing hack weight Right off, no never never ever ever Right off, no never never ever never Right off, no never ever never ever Right off
