C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GI (320003@1)was blessed to fight with you all night I hadn't even know what fun Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) GOh (320003@1)the war was dressed in scarlet and in white, like the whore of Babylon C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) GShook (320003@1)your conscience, held it to the light, tried to see what was written on it Am (x02210@1) GI (320003@1)said, "Baby don't ya think, you're being a little bit drastic? F (133211@1) GThere (320003@1)are things in this world that you can't buy with plastic. Am (x02210@1) GYou (320003@1)blew through your cash like a Klondike miner. F (133211@1) GSomeday (320003@1)you'll maybe feel the lash of the Intelligent Designer." COh, (x32010@1)your doctor died, Baby F (133211@1) GI (320003@1)believe he lost a-hold of himself AmOh, (x02210@1)it wasn't a homicide G (320003@1) F (133211@1) GYour (320003@1)doctor was in such poor health CAnd (x32010@1)I'm a lot like him F (133211@1) GI (320003@1)believe I've lost control Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) FAnd (133211@1)those are the terms of our love on parole Am G C F C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Oooh, they found us out in pavilions of doubt GAnd (320003@1)cathedrals of longing and death without warning Am (x02210@1) GThe (320003@1)room readied itself for that transfer of power C (x32010@1) GWhen (320003@1)you rode right through in your penultimate hour CAnd (x32010@1)said, "I can see the billboards and the history written large." GYou (320003@1)said, "That was no-one's wedding, Baby, that was Picket's Charge." Am (x02210@1) GAnd (320003@1)for all of your talk of ending the fray, F (133211@1) GThere's (320003@1)not a part of your heart that would have it that way Am (x02210@1) GOh, (320003@1)ya couldn't make a cup of tea F (133211@1) GWithout (320003@1)a battle strategy Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) FWhich (133211@1)doesn't feel right until it takes it toll Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) FAnd (133211@1)those are the terms and conditions of our love on parole CF GAm FG CF GAm GF AmG F (133211@1)C (x32010@1) FOh, (133211@1)abrasive and unbearable, a half-step from hysterical GYou (320003@1)stopped waiting for the miracle and started praying for the end AmOh, (x02210@1)you were never less than charitable GBut (320003@1)I can think of nothing so terrible F (133211@1) GAs (320003@1)to no longer be your lover and only be your friend C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) Now I could never navigate your body's complex narratives GThat (320003@1)which lived and died and lies in stains And still suffered its imperatives Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) FAnd (133211@1)anyway, I was never that interested in your heart and soul Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)I just wanted to see you and make love on parole