F# (244322@1)                              E (022100@1)                       EbmLydia (xx4342@1)keeps my toothbrush in her apartment and she never complains.
             E (022100@1)                         F#Well, (244322@1)hardly ever. And then jokingly she says
                               E (022100@1)                         EbmBoy, (xx4342@1)it's been so long since I held you, I nearly gave you up for dead.
                         EI (022100@1)nearly gave you up for dead.
                         C#m (x13321@4)   C#I (x43121@1)nearly gave you up for dead.

Chorus:
F# (244322@1)                            BLydia, (x2444x@1)Lydia how come you understand?
                          EI (022100@1)can offer you nothing at all.
                        Ebm (xx4342@1)     C#sus4- (x13341@4)C#This (x43121@1)is more than I had planned.
F# (244322@1)                      B (x2444x@1)                     ELydia, (022100@1)Lydia I am at your command, at least until morning comes, 
                    G#mThen, (133111@4)I must be off again.
              D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)     F#I (244322@1)must be off again

F# (244322@1)                                                   ELydia, (022100@1)you know I always talk about making conscious decisions
                      EbmAbout (xx4342@1)running my own life.
                E (022100@1)                                   F#Well, (244322@1)maybe I'm fooling myself, it's a role I like to play.
                                                 EBecause (022100@1)more often than not I'm down here on the corner.
            Ebm (xx4342@1)  
I'm sorry I woke you.
                      EDo (022100@1)you feel like some company?
                        C#m (x13321@4)       C# (x43121@1)      F#Babe, (244322@1)I need a place to stay.

Repeat chorus

Orchestra solo: Same chords as in verse:

Repeat chorus

F# (244322@1)                                  EI (022100@1)sleep with a woman who thinks I'm a child.
              EbmWell, (xx4342@1)maybe I am.
                     ENo, (022100@1)that wouldn't surprise anyone.
                       F#I (244322@1)suspect that much is true.
                                         E (022100@1)          EbmBut, (xx4342@1)Lydia, if you only knew how much I love you.
                    EDid (022100@1)you know that I love you?
                         C#m (x13321@4)      C# (x43121@1)     
It's the best that I can do.

Chorus

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