E5 G5 C5

     E5          G5          C5
As the bell tower blocks the summer light
E5       G5            C5
All the seeds in our garden fight
    E5   D5    C5              B5
To break and blossom , all to be adored
                 C5
And look, your skirt is torn
              D5
And there's blood on our sheets
            E5     G5   C5
As comes the long arm of the law
E5    G5       C5
Fist tight, banging on the door
     E5  D5    C5              B5      C5   D5
And knocking me down on its way in

As I pass out into a dream
Of whooping cranes and wooden beams
Great white wings beating
In an attic, in a house, in the dead of night
Singing

C5  D5   E5  D5  C5   E5 D5   C5
Oh, my Augustine, Augustine
C5 D5          E5 D5 C5  E5 D5 C5
Oh, is this forever, ever?
C5   D5
Oh, oh
      E5 D5  C5    E5 D5  C5
Sweet Augustine, Augustine
      C5         D5
What does this mean for us?

Does it mean that I can never change my ways?
And that's why, love, you shouldn't stay
Still you will and love me
Like a mother or a maid bringing you down, down
Down on your brazen knees
Watering the worms and the weeds
Thinking, why does love leave me so damn cold?
Now I'm getting old
And is this what it should be?
Well, is it?

Oh, my Augustine, Augustine.
Oh, is this forever, ever?
Oh, oh
Sweet Augustine, Augustine
   C5            D5         G5      C5
Or do we kill this one tonight?
G5  C5

                 E5 G5    C5
And now come the tears, heavy and hot
E5           G5              C5
As it comes clear, this is all we got
      E5   D5   C5
As I hold you to my bed
         B5           C5
Like a cancer, or a curse
            D5
Now be my loving nurse
                 E5   D5     C5         E5
As we fall back into the impossible dream