Kevin Devine - Burning city smoke

^A40 million refugees wi^Dth no^E place ^Aon this earth to call their home on^Ae for every aimless graduate wi^Dth no^Ething el^Ase to show for it but loans An^Dd tho^Ase of us who make a mark us^Ee som^Aeone else's blood Ou^Dr western sta^Ain won't wash away wo^En't v^Aanish in the flood It^Bm goes deep^Aer through each hurricane and tida^Dl wave a^End wa^Bmr ^A We want ^C#meverything ^F#mwe see and ^Bmonce i^Et's gone we ^Ajust want more ^AAtlas had those shoulders We've got^D Ambien and J^Eamesons and ^Ablow to bi^And us in a bubble keep the^D newsprint nig^Ehtmare d^Aistant and remote Bu^Dt whe^An we wake in guillotines An^Ed pitch our sc^Areaming fits When^D the ^Agovernors strikes up the band An^Ed gag^As our parted lips When^Bm the worst^A case shows up dressed and dazzling, Re^Dady for ^Ethe^Bm ball ^A Boy, tha^C#mt bubbles b^F#mound to burst,

And what a t^Bmragic w^Eay to fall ^{A A}The tabloids tell us hate the rat that ^DStrikes those subway^Es closed and put^As you out ^AForgot thos^De 50 hour tunnel weeks inhaling Stee^El dust poi^Ason through his mouth ^DWell if h^Ae don't deserve a pension that Make^Es his ^Afamily feel secure ^DIf we'r^Ae now so disconnected it^E's ou^Ar reflections we ignore And ^Bmif our constant choices ^Askim an^Dd p^Eass^Bm the^A writing on the wall Then^C#m, I'm s^F#mad to say we're lost and ^BmI'm emb^Earr^Aassed for us all