"Folk Singer"(Benson/Falkner) From "Lapalco" (2002) Intro: G | C | X4 G C Like a folk-singer's song I'm moving on G C and I'm not the kinda man that acts very strong G C when the girls are looking on, G C when the girls (when the girls are looking on) If you tied my hands and put chains on my feet I can picture myself walking down any street telling people that I meet "Psst! looks like rain to me (looks like rain to me) Bridge: G F Bb C every single day at eleven,I'm home in bed in sleep heaven, G F Bb C Alone 'Cos my girl leaves at seven,ain't got time for my bed-in, G F Bb C she says "Stop pretending,you're not John Lennon!" CHORUS: G5 C5 G5 C5 Will I ever get over this, having tasted your lips with a kiss? G5 Cm G5 You can cross me off your list,take these cuffs F5 G5 from off my wrists,and drop your fists Intro X1 As soon as I'm well I'm gonna leave my house become more of a man and less like a mouse drive my car down south to the Mississippi's mouth to the Gulf Of Mexico's mouth I'll be soused Every girl I made in the shade of esplanade I saved In a song that I play when I'm afraid of a full scale air raid from the choices that I made BRIDGE,CHORUS da da da da de da de da .... no matter how much you take of each song that i make Im not fragile, I don't break and I'm down at the lake and I hope someday you'll have it made with all that money that you make It was fun while it lasted but then it was blasted right out of the water and into Fantastic now he feels shafted and she's already past it (she's like elastic and he's just so spastic) BRIDGE X1,CHORUS X3