C G Am I've gone as far as I can go F G C The rest you must do alone F G With your pants around your knees C A7 You said "don't leave me please" F G C But this is as far as I can go C G Am And so I swivel on my heel F G C And soon the green becomes the grey F G Now that my sister's cleaned my car C A7 I can depart from where you are F I never liked the country anyway C G F The birds, they steal things from my sleep F G C They sing the promises I couldn't keep C G Am Last night I dreamed my alphabet F G C Out of my voice, all pretty plastic shapes F G Muted microphones C A7 Turned in my hands to ice cream cones F And the silence was all syrupy, all candy, tarts and cake C G F The sad curl and shine of baby spit F G C And a secret trail that leaves beyond a tick C G F Oh, the sad curl and smear of baby spit F G C I said "yes" but I did not agree to this C G Am Last night I dreamed of paper trails F G C Dolls without faces joined infinitely with fingerless armS F G C A7 Blank as the air was dead and sound is chasing the stillness all around F Is choking the vibrations F C G F Beady little tales of sewing needles and a ball of string F G C Tear them apa- aart and make them sing C G F Of sewing needles and ball of string F G C My useless heart, a wedding ring C G Am Apologies are boring and they're trite F G C But if desired, I will see what I can find F G As soon as the concrete comes into view C A7 Pencil to paper we'll move for you F Squeeze our time together to lines and lines and lines of fifty words F Across the page F G Am Big decision all contained in a phrase C G Am I know I promised you all along F G C Forgive me please, for I cannot