CAPO I
C5 B5 E5
Baby in your cradle look at me
F5 E5 G5
Baby speak in rhythms now you're three
C5 B5 E5
Ride your German Shepherd 'till you're five
F5 E5 G5
Baby think the TV is alive
C5 B5 E5
Baby spend the night out you're thirteen
F5 E5 G5
Bending for a wish your candles leaned
C5 B5 E5
Baby bang erasers and wash the board,
F5 E5 G5
Think just yesterday you wore a sword
C5 B5 E5
Watch your new years evening wash away
E5
You're on the floor,
N.C.
can you hear me troubadour?
D5
Al - vin row
E5 D5
Tangled in your broken kite
D5 E5
It's hard to be Ben Franklin but,
D5
Try staying against the light
E5 D5
Old clapper you can step inside
D5 (D ) C5
Accustomed to the rust your silver child
C5 D5
Alvin Row, we're glad to see that you can't fake it
C5 D5
White corn grow on every side
D#5 D5 A5
But you can't take it, the yellow wardrobes suits you fine
D#5 D5 G5
Alvin, are these visions mine?
F5 E5
Let them do your makeup, I know...
D5
Alvin Row!
E5 D5
Half of them are on your side
D5 E5 D5
The other figments all are being completely unselfish
E5 D5
And all behind the right man here
D5 (D ) C5
My mind is not unkind it's just not open
C5 D5
Alvin Row, I watched the mime cryin' his winches
C5 D5 D5 Bb5
Brown black bag, we'll let you be until you'll fade
A5 , D5
A5 , D5
A5 , D5
A5 , D5
now, fade, now fade...
F5
Tired of reaching for the lampshade
Baby reading, baby love me
F5 D5
Ruuuuuuuun! Ruuuuuuuuun!
F5 D5
Ruuuuuuuun! Ruuuuuuuuun!
F5 D5
Ruuuuuuuun! Ruuuuuuuuun!
F5 D5
Ruuuuuuuun! Ruuuuuuuuun!
F5
I told the baker's daughter that I didn't want the water
D5
She only likes it when I beg, so I expect she's waiting
F5
I told the baker's daughter that I didn't want their water
D5
She only likes it when I beg, so I expect she's waiting
F5
Row, Alvin Row, Alvin Row, Alvin Row
Oh Alvin.
*build up*
D5 , F5
(repeat for these four verses)
I remember the day that I walked away from this empty flight
Cause the demons are really the ones when there's nothing on
Would slip by when I'm silent I have to let so many people down
But the bell from the ice cream man comes to save the day
The winter comes we do not wander, I belong
The chocolate shakes, the sun awakes, I play ping pong
The autumn clouds distort and crowd the petal lawn
I pulled the glass it dripped too fast for second dawn
Since we passed through the maze as we unlock the stage of my other ride
I remember the shining, the spot on the day she played
Though I never knew Moses I know many noses with thoughts like me
Take a drive to the Jacksonville pharmacy and pretend
But a new apartment and a heart don't make me old
This is spinal rage and lit a page and I've been told
But I'm walking on a wire with eight other eyes
Be sure to play the best of you eight other sides
D5 Bb5
Oh I'll stay shy, you stay shy
F5
Dear Alvin
Dmdim Bb5
I'll say bye, you say bye
F5
Dear Alvin
D5 Bb5
I'll say go, you say go
F5
Dear Alvin
D5 Bb5
I'll sing Row, you sing Row
F5
Dear Alvin
D5 Bb5
I'll stay shy, you stay shy
F5
Dear Alvin
D5 Bb5
I'll say bye, you say bye
F5
Dear Alvin
D5 Bb5
I'll say go, you say go
F5
Dear Alvin
D5 Bb5
I'll sing Row, you sing Row
F5
Dear Alvin
D5 Bb5
I'll say go, you say go
F5
Dear Alvin
Well that's funny! My voice didn't come back to me!
I'll try it again:
Hello? Hello? Oh my goodness!
Now my singing voice has gone!
my singing voice has gone!
my singing voice has gone!
my singing voice has gone!
my singing voice has gone!
