Transcribed by John Kean 


INTRO:
B5   C#5   B5   C#5  (x3)

VERSE 1:
B5                  C#5         B5                      C#5
 I don't wanna say "I love you",  that would give away too much
Bb5      F5         F5  F5  Bb5                 F5  Eb5
 To be detatched and precious     the only thing you feel is vicious
B5                  C#5         B5                       C#5
 I don't wanna say "I want you"   even though I want you so much
Bb5      F5         F5  F5  Bb5        F5  Eb5
 Wrapped up in conversation       whispered in a hush
            F#5
 Though I'm frightened by the word
              Ab5
 I think it's time I made it heard

CHORUS:
         C#5           F#5                C#5              Ab5
 No more empty self-possession  visions swept under the mat
         E5             F#5                      C#5   C#5
 It's no New Years Resolution   it's more than that

VERSE 2:
 So I wake up happy, warm in a lovers embrace
 Noone else can touch us while we're in this place
 So I sing it to the world
 A simple message to my girl

CHORUS

SOLO: (verse chords)
 Though I'm frightened by the word
 I think it's time I made it heard
 So I'll sing it to the world
 A simple message to my girl

CHORUS (x1, then...)
 No there's nothing quite as real as the touch of your sweet hand
 I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand

INTERLUDE: (B5  C#5  x12)
 Oh every night I hear you call my name
 I wanna sleep in my dark (bedroom?)
 I have a mind to express my pain
 But I won't get back in your tomb
 I wanna hear, I wanna hear, oh why you're gone
 And every night seems the same song
 Same song...
 I will be humming in my sleep
 I don't wanna say
 I don't wanna say...

OUTRO: (chorus chords)
 I can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand