Capo 2
[G] [Bm] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [D]
[G]The [Bm]apartment [C]we won't [G]share
[C]I wonder [G]what sad wife [Am]lives [D]there
[G]Have [Bm]the windows [C]deciphered her [G]stares?
[C]Do the bricks [G]in the
walls [Am]know to hide the [D]affairs?
[Em]The dog we won't [G]have
[C]is now one I [G]would not choose
[C]The daughter we [G]won't raise
[Am]still waits [D]for you
[G]The girl [Bm]I won't be [C]is the one that's [C]yours
[C]I hope you [G]shortly [Am]find what you [D]long for
[G] [Bm] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [D]
[G]Two years and [Bm]some change
[C]Isn't it [G]strange?
[C]You're a full-fledged [G]socialist
[D]I go by a new name
[G]The filthy joke [Bm]that won't
[C]Burrow in the [G]corner of your
[C]Smirking lips, [G]I mourn it to this [D]day
[Em]The story we [G]won't tell
[C]Is my greatest [G]fantasy
[C]The passion I [G]won't feel again
[D]Isn't lost on me
[G]The son you never [Bm]wanted
[C]Is the wound your [G]father left
[C]And the mother I [G]won't be is
[Am]Probably for the [D]best
[G]Your demons I [Bm]won't meet
[C]Now someone else's word [G]to keep
[F]I'm sure she's beautiful and [Bb]sweet
[C]Not what I wanted,
[D]but what [Em]we need [G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [Am] [D]
[G]