D5 D5 G5 D5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 D5 G5 D5 F#5 D5 E5 {intro} D5 D5 My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark G5 G5 And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark D5 D5 My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark G5 G5 And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark D5 D5 G5 D5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 D5 G5 D5 F#5 D5 E5 {instrumental} D5 D5 C5 C5 I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense B5 B5 G5 G5 The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence D5 D5 C5 C5 My dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve G5 B5 G5 B5 A5 A5 I said I have no way of feeding you, so leave G5 G5 But there was a time I asked my father for a dollar D5 D5 C#5 And he gave it a ten dollar raise G5 G5 And when I needed my mother and I called her D5 D5 C#5 E5 E5 A5 A5 She stayed with me for days G5 G5 G5 G5 Now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain D5 D5 C#5 B5 B5 Someone's on the bathroom floor, doing her cocaine G5 G5 Someone's got his finger on the button in some room D5 D5 C#5 F#5 {tacet} No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom E5 G#5 E5 G#5 G5 G5 But I tried to make this place my place; I asked for providence to G5 {tacet} smile upon me with its sweet face; Yeah, but I'll tell you: My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark Maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage My greatest hope, my greatest cause to grieve And my heart flew from its cage, and it bled upon my sleeve The cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing I couldn't hear them for the thunder I was half the naked distance between hell and heaven's ceiling And it almost pulled me under Now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain Someone's on the bathroom floor, doing her cocaine Someone's got his finger on the button in some room No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom But I tried to make this place my place; I asked for providence to smile upon me with its sweet face; Yeah, but I'll tell you: My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark And I, I do not feel the romance, I do not catch the spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark G5 {tacet} And I, I do not feel the romance; I will not be a pawn G5 {slowly} For the prince of darkness any longer D5 D5 G5 D5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 D5 G5 D5 F#5 D5 E5 D5 D5 G5 D5 F#5 D5 E5 {instrumental} Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
