Tonart: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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it sort of softens on the avenue
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I'm wasting the remainder
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of the day
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Drinking off what's left of the glasses
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When the couples get their
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And I'll be here tomorrow
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then every day that follows
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Until I see you later on this week
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Will you come and pick me up
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when I get off of the bus?
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Will you help me bring by stuff out
Interlude 1
to the beach?
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Verse 2
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When we met I was The Reverend
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You were in the congregation
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Didn't happen right away
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And I never had a calling it
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was just a strong desire
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To be the one that stood
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When I was a child I used to
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the widows all to tears
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And that looked like a decent way
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to make a little living here
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I gave myself to God for a few years
Verse 3
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Built a chapel off the exit
On the highway outside Harrisburg.
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There was all that new development
back then
Verse 4
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Parishioners would come to me
With cakes and little pastries
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And ask me for my blessing once again
Verse 5
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But I couldn't shake the feeling
I was faking all the faithfulness.
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Every single sermon was a fraud
Verse 6
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Drifted through the rituals
Prideful high and pitiful and
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Pissing off a petty vengeful God
Pissing off a petty vengeful
Interlude 2
God
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Verse 7
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My parents are both ancient now
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I'm staying at their summerhouse.
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I clear out on the weekends
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To my sister's and her daughter's
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On the fringe of Philadelphia
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With their skinny cigarettes
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But I'm grateful for the place to stay
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I'm caddying on Saturdays
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The money's not as good as
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it was when we were teenagers
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I walk back from the golf course
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Cut through a couple backyards
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But I try to keep my eyes
Verse 8
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In some other prior life
The Reverend and his wife
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Are sitting in the kitchen
making plans
Verse 9
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Unaware of all the mess
The pressure and the flesh
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Is capable of making in a man
Verse 10
Because I was never quite convinced
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I must admit I miss all the simplicity
Verse 11
Though I also understand.
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The reasons that you no longer want to be with me. i can see why you no
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longer want to be with me
Interlude 3
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Verse 12
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Someone called the cops
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I explained to them how much
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The cuffs they made a click
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As they wrapped around my wrists.
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Maybe there's a life where
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The Reverend has his wife
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And Jesus has his ministry in Galilee
Verse 13
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But the sunset looks like blood
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From the window of the bus
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Somewhere between Harrisburg and Bethany
Outro 1
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