Intro: Bm (Occasionally hammer on and off from the D, G, and B strings. This may not be right, but it sounds alright.) Bm G Naked and retched and retching on a hotel bathroom floor, A somewhere in the City Bm G Three days no sleeping, not eating, not feeling good anymore A Em G Drenched in sweat and self-pity now, it's not a pretty sight G A Bm G What to say in my defense, G A Bm I was imperfect tense G A D A G Em Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went Em A Bm So won't you be my present sense Bm (Occasionally hammer on and off from 4th fret to 2nd on the D string) Bm G Breaking, I'm shaking, it's taking a long long time A To come down off this murderous medication Bm G Trying to remember, my reasons for running myself A Em G into the ground with such dedication G A Bm G What to say in my defense, G A Bm I was imperfect tense G A D A G Em Used to have such balance, but I don't know where it went Em A Cadd9--A Em7--A So won't you be my present sense, sense Bm A G D A Cos it's not meant to be D G Bm A G I am lost at sea Em D A G A So mermaids sing to me D Of the better times and the things that can be Bm Like the diamonds in the Mediterranean sea D Or the beatings and sleeping and times that I took Bm And of washing the drink and the drugs from my blood G A And I've nothing to say in my defense G A I'm far from perfect I'm still tense G A They say that love can change you once G A Please say that love can change me once G Come on change me End on G
