Defiance, Ohio - Calling old friends

^CCalling old friends to make sure they're re^Gal, ^Ftalking, talking just to feel that s^Cense of home you lost when you lef^Gt last y^Fear. ^CDistance is just numbers ^Gon a d^Fashboard, hours thinking about ^Cnothing but the transmission s^Gtutter ^Fyou fear. I ^Fremember what you ^Gwhispered in m^Amy ear, and ^Fall the things we ^Gtried so hard to ^Cnever ^Ghave to ^Fhear, ^Flike kids tighten up, start^G saving for the golden ^Amyear. Well, hey, that^F picture it fades ^Gday by day and the ^Coutcome's ^Gnot so ^Fclear.

Don't think I'll^C see you around this winter^G, and my tongue'^Fs stuck full of splinters; I'm ^Cembarrassed to admit what I've b^Geen ^Fthinking. ^CHope keeps some afloat, but^G for ^Fme it's no life boat. The tighter^C I hold on the deeper ^Gdown I'm^F sinking.

Tried to ^Fput my finger o^Gn it but^Am gave it my whole arm. Reached^F out with good in^Gtention, but it ^Conly ^Gdid more^F harm. ^FFind ourselves alone^G since the day^Am we're born, so we seek ^Fsomeone to sew^G sutures in the ^Cplaces ^Gwhere we're ^Ftorn.