Intro: A D A D Bm D Bm A x2

DMeet (xx0232@1)me at
St. Nicholas
Among the oaks
Behind the church
 
               EmThat (022000@1)sway like pig-tailed girls

As summer wind whistles
            DAround (xx0232@1)your bare-skin knees
         AAnd (x02220@1)the forsythia leaves

DIn (xx0232@1)the shade
Lay with me
Tickled by
The feather reed

EmThat's (022000@1)where the trees grow old

Under the ivy's hold
          DAs (xx0232@1)you in my two arms
         AEqually (x02220@1)safe from harm

EmAnd (022000@1)in a hazy day dream
           G (320003@1)Our bodies married the stream
        Bm (x24432@1)                      AAnd (x02220@1)we grow down into pebbles and silt

EmThe (022000@1)water ran from the fields
          GUntil (320003@1)the oceans we filled
              D (xx0232@1)                  AAnd (x02220@1)found the sea-bed the comfiest quilt

Em (022000@1)                          GThere (320003@1)was more life in the weeds than in the few hundred seats
             Bm (x24432@1)                    AIn (x02220@1)rows from transept to chancel to nave
               Em (022000@1)                           GAnd (320003@1)when their anger had paused, I turned and answered their calls
               Bm (x24432@1)              AWith (x02220@1)your just audience, I'm the applause
   Em (022000@1)               GWe (320003@1)take on the burden of all these sad-eyed children
     Bm (x24432@1)                  AWith (x02220@1)lilies bunched in our hands
    Em (022000@1)                GWe (320003@1)fake our concern and speak softly as the surgeon
      Bm (x24432@1)               ATells (x02220@1)wife to cancel her plans

Em (022000@1)                  GTake (320003@1)a body to water, take a body to tundra
Bm (x24432@1)                     AJust (x02220@1)take me with you as well