Of Montreal - Jaques lamure

^CJacques Lamure is a volunteer ^Ffireman ^EmHe longs to give his l^Aife ^G#Saving a nice old man and his ^C#wife ^BbWhen their house is filled with flames ^GEarning him honor and fame

^CJacques Lamure is a foreman at a c^Flock factory ^EmHe wishes he were b^Aoss ^G#So he could fire that scoundrel William ^C#Moss ^BbWho always puts him down ^GWhen Megan Blanchard is around

^DmHe told himself last year ^Cthat when springtime was here ^BbHe would suddenly appear at Meg's ^C#door He'd rent a ^G#mariachi band and r^Cmespectfully demand ^AHis dear Meg to take his hand And to be ^Bhis forever ^Emore But of course he didn't ^E7dare ^Aand pretended not to ^F#care About the i^Gnsult or the ^Closs When he f^C#ound out she'd married William M^Doss ^{A F#}

^CJacques Lamure goes to see a show ^Fevery other Friday night ^EmHe likes the westerns ^Abest ^G#He'd rather be a sheriff with a gold star on his ^C#chest ^BbThan that weird guy who never says a word ^GAnd when spoken to pretends he hadn't heard

^DmHe realized one day that he ^Cdidn't have to stay ^BbThat he could move as far away as planes could ^C#fly ^G#He chuckled as he mused ^CmAbout the people who had rused him And ^Ahow shocked and confused that they would ^Bbe When he says ^Egoodbye and never turns a^E7round ^ANever returns to that miserable t^F#own ^GThen as weeks passed he soon did ^Cfind This move had gr^C#eatly improved his state of ^Dmind^{A F#}