Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Why don't you ever wanna play?

I'm tired of this piece of string

You sleep as much as I do now,

 and you don't eat much of anything

I don't know who you're talking to

I made a search through every room

but all I found was dust that moved

 with shadows of the afternoon

And listen, about those bitter songs you sing

 they're not helping anything

 they won't make you strong

So we should open up the house

invite the tabby two doors down

You could ask your sister if

she doesn't bring her basset hound

Ask the things you shouldn't miss

tape hiss and the modern man

cold war and card catalogues

to come join us if they can

For girly drinks and parlor games

we'll pass around the easy lie

of absolutely no regrets

and later maybe you could try

To let your losses dangle off

the sharp edge of a century

We'll talk about the weather

 or how the weather use to be

And I'll cater, with all the birds that I can kill

 let their tiny feathers fill disappointment

Lie down, and lick the sorrow from your skin

 Scratch the terror and begin to believe you're strong

(SLOWLY)

All you ever want to do is drink and watch TV

frankly that thing doesn't really interest me

I swear I'm going to bite you hard and taste your tinny blood

if you don't stop the self-defeating lies you've been repeating

  (PAUSE)

since the day you brought me home

  X 2 End on

I know you're strong.