Reasonably Fine


[Em] I lost my shoes I lost my wife I [G] lost my keys I lost my kite And [Am] though I'm young at heart I'm so much [D] older [Em] Subway eyes and banked up skies And [G] violent towns and frozen pies And [Am] all them football crowds who lost are [D] cold now But [G] you're the same as you and [Em] I'm the same as me And [G] hopefully we can find [G7] ways to let us be reasonably [C] fine Reasonably [D] fine, at least to beat my drums in [G] time [Em] Suddenly I've realised That [G] I won't be here when I die And [Am] life upon this plain is somehow [D] fleeting [Em] Time and all it's precious wine Is [G] somehow primed to make us whine And [Am] fret even then when we should be [D] sleeping But [G] you're the same as you and [Em] I'm the same as me And [G] hopefully we can find [G7] ways to let us be reasonably [C] fine, Reasonably [D] fine, at least to play my pretty [G] chimes [Em] Empty cries and hollow toots And [G] all the signs that have no use And [Am] fingers point accusingly are [D] sinning [Em] Humourless hypocrisy And [G] all the crimes we didn't see The [Am] sigh that knows the devil might be [D] winning But [G] you're the same as you and [Em] I'm the same as me And [G] hopefully we can find [G7] ways to let us be reasonably [C] fine, Reasonably [D] fine, at least to let my music [G] shine And [Em] maybe it's the greatest test A [G] man's surrounded by his death But [Am] reaches out and tastes the sweetest [D] honey [Em] That's how you make me feel I [G] love you more than death is real It's [Am] sad but in the end it might be [G] funny That [G] you're the same as you and [Em] I'm the same as me And [G] hopefully we can find [G7] ways to let us be reasonably [C] fine, Reasonably [D] fine, at least to leave an open [G] mind