C5 G5 All the rowboats in the paintings Ab5 F5 They keep trying to row away C5 G5 And the captains ' worried faces Ab5 F5 Stay contorted and staring at the waves C5 G5 They'll keep hanging in their gold frames Ab5 F5 For forever, forever and a day C5 G5 All the rowboats in the oil paintings Ab5 F5 They keep trying to row away, row away C5 G5 Hear them whispering French and German Ab5 F5 Dutch, Italian, and Latin C5 G5 When no one's looking I touch a sculpture Ab5 F5 Marble, cold, and soft as satin C5 G5 But the most special are the most lonely Ab5 F5 God, i pity the violins C5 G5 In glass coffins they keep coughing Ab5 F5 They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing C5 G5 Ab5 F5 La La La La La Ab5 F5 La La La La La La C5 G5 First there's lights out, then there's lock up Ab5 F5 Masterpieces serving maximum sentences C5 G5 It's their own fault for being timeless Ab5 F5 There's a price you pay and a consequence C5 G5 All the galleries, the museums Ab5 F5 Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs C5 G5 They're just public mausoleums Ab5 F5 The living dead fill every room C5 G5 But the most special are the most lonely Ab5 F5 God, i pity the violins C5 G5 In glass coffins they keep coughing Ab5 F5 They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing C5 G5 They will hang there in their gold frames Ab5 F5 For forever, forever and a day C5 G5 All the rowboats in the oil paintings Ab5 F5 They keep trying to row away, row away C5 G5 First there's lights out, then there's lock up Ab5 F5 Masterpieces serving maximum sentences C5 G5 It's their own fault for being timeless Ab5 F5 There's a price you pay and a consequence C5 G5 All the galleries, the museums Ab5 F5 They will stay there forever and a day C5 G5 All the rowboats in the oil paintings Ab5 F5 They keep trying to row away, row away...
