G5 E5 B5 D5
So, she stands and waits, and waits at the school gate.
G5 E5 B5 C5 C#5
They're late. They come, so dumb, in two cars when they agreed one,
C5 C#5 C5
And it's gone wrong, on her birthday.
G5 E5 B5 D5
So, they go to Joe's for pizza and ice cream.
G5 E5 B5 C5 C#5
They sit and stare, and Claire just wants to be nine-and-a-half.
C5 E5 G5
Next year, she'll tell them she only wants world peace.
D5 - G5 D5 - G5
But Claire, Claire baby,
B5 B5 D5 C5
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
B5 B5 D5 C5
I wish you could see right inside us.
B5 B5 D5 C5 D5 G5
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get out.
G5 E5 B5 D5
What's the point of this? What's wrong with two birthdays?
G5 E5 B5 C5
It's cool. At school, her friends, they all have two birthdays.
E5 C5 E5 C5
Aw jeez. He just asked the waitress out on a date on her birthday.
D5 - G5 D5 - G5
But Claire, Claire baby,
B5 B5 D5 C5
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
B5 B5 D5 C5
I wish you could see right inside us.
B5 B5 D5 C5 D5 G5
Some of the stuff, the best of us, that we can't get to.
INTERLUDE
D5 - D5 - D5 - D5 (x2)
G5 - G5 - G5 - G5 - G5 (x2)
G5 B5 G5
Here's the check. They pay, with two cards like they've never met.
B5 C5
Goodbyes outside. It's cold in L.A.
D5 - G5 D5 - G5
Claire, Claire baby,
B5 B5 D5 C5
I wish you knew how this all got twisted.
B5 B5 D5 C5
I wish you could see right inside us.
B5 B5 D5 C5
Some of the stuff, the most of us,
B5 B5 D5 C5
You're what we were. We're all that's left.
B5 B5 D5 C5
It used to be our birthday too.
