Em         
Watch your mouth
     G                  Am
your speech is slurred enough
     C                      Em
that you might swallow your tounge
                          G
you'd want to give up the ghost
                   Am        C
with a little more poise than that
Em                          G
Or was it god who chokes in these situations?
Am               C             Em            G   Am   C
Running Late? No no, he called in. he called in-----.


Em                  G            
the hospice is a relaxing weekend getaway    
                          Am             
where you are a cut above all the rest          
                               C     
sick and sad patients on first name basis

with all the top physicians        


Em
Perscribed Pills                       
   G            Am
to offset the shakes 
               C
to offset the pills         [Chorus]

you know you should
Em   G             Am    C
take it a day at a time


            Em  G                     Am
That's when you stutter something profound
          C
to the support on the line
             Em
and with the way you've been talking
G               Am            C
every word gets you a step closer to hell.
Em               G
No, I just can't help it.
                Am        C
To say what everyone else is thinking
Em     G         Am      C
let me state the obvious again

[Chorus x2]


     Em                 G
I am alone in this bed, house and head
Am              C          
she never fixes this but at least she
Em   G      
I am alone in this bed
Am              C
she never fixes that but at least she
N/C/
makes me forget


[Chorus x2]