#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 19:22:16 -0500 From: Ray Allis Subject: CRD:p/prine_john/bruised_orange.crd BRUISED ORANGE by John Prine interpreted by Ray Allis G My heart's in the ice house 2) I've been brought down to zero come hill or come valley 2) pulled out and put back there C like a long ago Sunday 2) I sat on a park bench when I walked through the alley 2) kissed the girl with the black hair G on a cold winters morning 2) and my head shouted down D to the church house 2) to my heart G just to shovel some snow 2) you better look out below I heard sirens on the train tracks 2) Well it ain't such a long drop howl naked , gettin nuder 2) don't stammer, don't studder C an alter boy had been hit 2) from the diamonds in the sidewalk by a local comuter 2) to the dirt in the gutter G just from walking with his back turned 2) you'll be carrying those bruises D to a train 2) to remind you G G7 that was coming so slow 2) wherever you go (CHORUS) C You can gaze out the window get mad and get madder G throw your hands in the air and say what does it matter D but it don't do no good C to get angry G G7 so help me I know C for a heart stained with anger grows weak and grows bitter G you become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there D wrapped up in a trap C of your very own G chain of sorrow 3) (Repeat first verse and chorus) Please send corrections or suggestions.