Notes From A Brief Engagement At The Boot And Saddle Cifras

Slaughter Beach, Dog "Notes From a Brief Engagement (at the Boot & Saddle)
 
[Verse 1]
 
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It's hard to sing when I'm holding my breath
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I try to get loose, shake out my hands
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Drink more, jump up and down
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It's hard to sing when I'm holding my breath
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I look at the drums
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I look at the crowd
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Adjust my frames and they slide back down
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It's hard to sing when I'm holding my breath
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There I am, mining the energy
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Digging around for some big, dusty chunk in the dark
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Where it's hard to sing and I'm holding my breath
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I think of the basement
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I sit on the washing machine
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I reach into the backpack
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I pull out another instrument cable
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Because this one is making a weird...
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It's like...
 
[Verse 2]
 
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It's too hard to hear now
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I'm going outside
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I pull up my rain hood
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Push past the guys with the yellow eyes
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In the bathroom line
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It's too hard to hear now
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I walk down the block
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To the white light of the diner's sign
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Where the meeting reconvenes
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And the night owls laugh at civilians
 
[Verse 3]
 
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It's too hard to hear now
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He asks for a dollar
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And I motion to the phone to suggest that my call
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Is a matter of grave importance
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It's too hard to hear now
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With the ambulance drone
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And the motorbike growl
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And the dopplering radios of convertible cars
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And the beautiful, beautiful kids from the college
 
F C x2
 
[Bridge]
 
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I love you the most
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When it seems like you're free
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I dare you to tell me in harrowing detail
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About how it feels
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I am in your palm
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I love you the most
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It's there in the hard light when you blink at the morning
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Back home at the good bar
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With the busted PA bumping along
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It remembers their names
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It holds liquor
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I love you the most
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You have enough time
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You look good in white
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You smoke without aging
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You still love The Stones
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You couldn't have one more bite
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I love you the most
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You look into the camera
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You state your name and age
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The lights come on
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You pause for effect
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You know exactly what to do with your hands
 
F G x4
 
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