F#5                                E5                         Eb5
Lydia keeps my toothbrush in her apartment and she never complains.
             E5                           F#5
Well, hardly ever. And then jokingly she says
                               E5                           Eb5
Boy, it's been so long since I held you, I nearly gave you up for dead.
                         E5
I nearly gave you up for dead.
                         C#5     C#5
I nearly gave you up for dead.

Chorus:
F#5                              B5
Lydia, Lydia how come you understand?
                          E5
I can offer you nothing at all.
                        Eb5       C#5 - C#5
This is more than I had planned.
F#5                        B5                       E5
Lydia, Lydia I am at your command, at least until morning comes, 
                    Ab5
Then, I must be off again.
              D5          E5       F#5
I must be off again

F#5                                                     E5
Lydia, you know I always talk about making conscious decisions
                      Eb5
About running my own life.
                E5                                     F#5
Well, maybe I'm fooling myself, it's a role I like to play.
                                                 E5
Because more often than not I'm down here on the corner.
            Eb5    
I'm sorry I woke you.
                      E5
Do you feel like some company?
                        C#5         C#5        F#5
Babe, I need a place to stay.


Repeat chorus

Orchestra solo: Same chords as in verse:

Repeat chorus


F#5                                    E5
I sleep with a woman who thinks I'm a child.
              Eb5
Well, maybe I am.
                     E5
No, that wouldn't surprise anyone.
                       F#5
I suspect that much is true.
                                         E5            Eb5
But, Lydia, if you only knew how much I love you.
                    E5
Did you know that I love you?
                         C#5        C#5       
It's the best that I can do.


Chorus