VERSE: Bb5 F5 Press the doorbell and push the door Ab5 Bb5 Climb the darkened stairwell to the second floor G5 C5 She'll be waiting for you in her dressing-gown G5 C5 With the drink she poured you when she heard the sound Bb5 F5 Watch the film , eat the food she cooked Ab5 Bb5 Talk of how the film ain't half as good as the book G5 C5 Kiss her sleepy eyes closed and say "it's time" C5 F5 To slip beneath the shadows of the bedroom blinds Bb5 C5 Well it's always a pleasure and never a chore Bb5 G5 C5 But you just don't know whether you're doing it for the right reasons G5 C5 G5 It's cold for the season down in the street below Before Chorus -3-5-6-5---3-6-5---3-6-5---3-6-5-------- | ---------6-------6-------6-------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | CHORUS G5 Men and women go about their business G5 Picking up the last few things for Christmas C5 Trying not to step upon the pigeons C5 Praying to the gods of their religions C5 That they might be spared a little longer C5 That they might become a little stronger D5 C5 F5 Down in the street below G5 Everybody's on a secret mission G5 Everybody's got their own ambitions G5 They would tell you if they thought you'd listen C5 They would say how lately they've been wishing C5 For the chance to meet a handsome stranger C5 Lead a life of elegance and danger D5 C5 F5 Down in the street below D5 C5 F5 Down in the street below VERSE Bb5 F5 Way up high in a phallic tower Ab5 Bb5 You're swimming in a tiny galaxy of stars G5 C5 Knocking back mojitos at the cocktail bar G5 C5 Talking 'bout burritos and conceptual art Bb5 F5 Your armchair's round and your glass is square Ab5 Bb5 The clientele's straight out of this month's Vanity Fair G5 C5 Well look around the place, something's not quite right C5 F5 Yours is the only face that you don't recognize Well it's always a pleasure and never a chore But you just don't know whether you're doing it for the right reasons It's cold for the season down in the street below
