Matchbook Song
Graham Lindsey
capo IV


C
This ain’t no love song
              Em
This ain't no organized and scripted happenstance
              F
This ain't no ordinary radio summons straining for amends
         C   B/G           Am      B/G
It ain’t this and it ain’t that
              C                                 G
This ain't no sideshow strip down college vomit dance
            F       C
It’s just a song


C
This ain't Kansas and this ain't May
              Em
This ain’t the stuffing in a scarecrow wearing nothing but the rain
              F
This ain’t no cheap and dismal trick or treat di-ag-nosed in a day
              C     C/B     Am  C/B
It's what you want or so you say
C                                             G
If you need something more then I’ll be on my way
          F         C
It’s just song


F
So here's your posies and here's my train
Am                                      Amsus2
Well I hope that we live long enough to see a better day

C
But this ain't forever there's no such thing
Em
This ain’t no frantic rag a-waiving for attention to my dreams
F
This ain’t political masturbation masquerading as a theme
C             B/G          Am   B/G
Ain’t no psychology blowjob for a scream
C                                                 G
It could be you or it could be me
            F       C
But it’s just a song

F
So here’s your hook and here’s my line
Am                                 Amsus2                 G       F
I apologize I couldn’t give enough to you with rhymes

Am                                      Amsus2
But I promise though these words may not resound
C                                       G
I’ll always be here even if my heart is wrong
F                C
With just a song

Bridge

C
We are strangers
Em
And there ain’t no better place that we can go
              F
This ain’t no sensational and cataclysmic century show
C             C/B          Am   C/B
No high-tech prophecy of doom or hope
C                                     G
I’m only trying to find the right road
            F       C
With just a song


F
So here’s the hook and here’s the line
Am                                      Amsus2           G       F
There ain’t nothing at the end but it’s sinking all the time
Am                              Amsus2
This can’t be the only way back down
C                                            G
But it’s the only way I’ve got to reach the ground
            F          C
With just a song