G ( C ) G If this is redemption, why do I bother at all? Em C G There's nothing to mention, and nothing has changed C D Em Still I'd rather be working for something, than praying for the rain C D G So I wander on, till someone else is saved G ( C ) G I moved to the coast, under a mountain Em C G Swam in the ocean, slept on my own C D Em At dawn I would watch the sun, cut ribbons through the bay C D G I'd remember all, the things my mother wrote Em C G That we don't eat until your father's at the table Em C G And we don't drink until the devil's turned to dust Em C G D Em And never once has any man I've met been able to love C D G So if I were you, I'd have a little trust G ( C ) G Two thousand years, I've been in that water Em C G Two thousand years, sunk like a stone C D Em Desperately reaching for nets that the fishermen have thrown C D G Trying to find a little bit of hope G ( C ) G Me, I was holding, all of my secrets soft and hid Em C G Pages were folded; then there was nothing at all C D Em So if in the future I might, need myself a savior C D G I'll remember what was written on that wall Em C G That we don't eat until your father's at the table Em C G And we don't drink until the devil's turned to dust Em C G D Em And never once has any man I've met been able to love C D G So if I were you, I'd have a little trust Dm Em Am I an honest man and true? Dm Have I been good to you at all? Am Oh I'm so tired of playing these games We'd just be running down G The same old lines, the same old stories of F Breathless trains and, worn down glories Am Houses burning, worlds that turn G On their own Em C G That we don't eat until your father's at the table Em C G And we don't drink until the devil's turned to dust Em C G D Em And never once has any man I've met been able to love C So if I were you my friend D G Learn to have just a little bit of trust.
