Em7 B7M       E/G#
No  cloud, a sleepy calm ,
A7M/G#                F#m7             B6
Sunbaked earth that's cooled by gentle breeze,
             F#m9          B7/13
And trees    with rustling leaves,
     E7/9           E7(b9)
Only endless days without a care,
Bm              Em7
Nothing must be done.
B7M         E/G#
Silent as a day can be,
A7M/G#            F#m7      B6
Far-off sounds of others on their chosen run
F#m9     B7/13        E7/9
As they  do all those things
               E7(b9)
they feel give life some meaning,
Bm              Em7
Even if they're dull.


     D7M          C/D  G/D
It's time to stop this dreaming,
       D7M      C/D  G/D
must rejoin the real world
D7M         C/D  G/D
As revealed by   orange lights
D7M         C/D  G/D
and a smoky at - mosphere.


( Cm  Bb  F  Bb  C?  D/C  B  F# )

    Ebm             B
The trees and I are shaken by
    Bbm                C#
the same wind but whereas
    B7M                   Ebm
The trees will lose their withered leaves,
  Bbm                G#m7
I just can't seem to let them loose.
Ebm              B
And they can't refresh me
      Bbm              C#
those hot winds of the south.
B7M/Bb            C#/G#
Oh I feel like an alien,
   B7M/Bb        C#/G#
a stranger in an alien place.


B7M              E/G#
Now the light is fading fast,
A7M/G#        F#m7             B6
Chances slip away, a time will come to pass
F#m9             B7/13   
When there'll be none,
      E7/9         E7(b9)
Then addicted to a perfumed poison,
Bm                   Em7
Betrayed by its aftertaste,


D7M              C/D  G/D
Oh we shall lose the wonder
         D7M        C/D  G/D
and find nothing in re - turn.
D7M      C/D G/D
Many are the substitutes
            D7M       C/D      G/D
but they're powerless on their own.


( Cm  Bb  F  Bb  C?  D/C  B  F# )

Ebm        B               Bbm             C#
Beware the fisherman who's casting out his line
B7M             Ebm 
Into a dried up river bed,
          Bbm                     G#m7
But don't try to tell him 'cos he won't believe you.
Ebm                     B                   Bbm         C#
Throw some bread to the ducks instead, it's easier that way.


B7M            Ebm
I feel like an alien,
   Bbm           G#m7
a stranger in an alien place.


Ebm                 B             Bbm             C#
The trees and I are shaken by the same wind but whereas
B7M                       Ebm 
The trees will lose their withered leaves,
  Bbm                G#m7
I just can't seem to let them loose.
Ebm              B              Bbm              C#
And they can't refresh me those hot winds of the south.


B7M            Ebm
I feel like an alien,
   Bbm           G#m7
a stranger in an alien place.


( Ebm  B  Bbm  C#  B7M  Ebm  Bbm  G#m7 ) fade