Amanda Palmer - The thing about things

^GI’ve loaned a lot of things t^Gsus2o a lot of friends Like ^Crecords and dresses and books ^GAnd a lot of the time I never ^Gsus2see them again ^GAnd in a weird way I think that that w^Corks ^CBecause the thing about things is they s^Dtart turn evil ^GWhen you start to forget what they’re f^Cor ^CAnd so if you’re not sure what you d^Cid with my sweater ^DI’ll just have to love you a little bit mor^Ge ^Gsus2

^GI had a ring it belong^Gsus2ed to my grandfather ^CHe was a mason and gay ^GAnd he was distant and bitter for ^Gsus2all of my childhood ^CWe never had much to say ^GHe wasn’t the type to give ^Gsus2tokens of affection ^CSo I stole ring when he died ^GAnd then twenty years on when I ^Gsus2lost it at a bar I thought that’s f^Cine I don't want him in my life ^CBecause the thing about things is that th^Dey can start meaning things ^GNobody actually sa^Cid ^GAnd if he couldn’t make something ^Gsus2mean something for me ^DI had to make up what it me^Gant

^CI can carry ^Geverything I ^Dneed in one colla^Apsing suitcase ^CI can carry ^Geveryone I l^Dove in one phone ^Aapplication ^CBuilt to maxim^Aize the facetime of^C the friends I’m ^Abent on making ^CActually I want to be a^Alone ^CTo mourn the loss ^AOf what it cost

I thi^Gnk it’s a poem and I t^Gsus2hink it keeps going And I’ve bor^Crowed and loaned lots of things And ^G3 nights ago in the ^Gsus2bar where I lost it the ^Cbartender gave me the ring ^GI lie in bed With my ^Gsus2phone in my hand Thi^Cnking what can I fix with which ^Gapp ^GAnd I call my grandfather And^Gsus2 he doesn’t answer ^CAnd I have to make peace with that f^Gact ^CBecause the thing about things Is that t^Dhey can start meaning ^Gnobody actually sa^Cid ^GAnd if you’re not allowed to love ^Gsus2people alive ^DThen you learn how to love people ^Gdead ^CThe thing about things is that t^Dhey can start meaning things n^Gobody actually ^Csaid And if you’^Gre not allowed To love^Gsus2 people alive ^DThen you learn how to love people d^Gead