Okkervil River - John allyn smith sails

^EBy the secon^Bd verse, dear friends ^C#mMy head w^Aill burst, my life will end ^BSo, I'd like to start this one off by saying &^Equot;Live and love" ^EI was you^Bng and at home in bed And I w^C#mas hanging ^Aon the words some poem said And th^Birty-one I was i^Empressionable I was ^F#mupsettable

I trie^C#md to make my breath^Aing stop, my he^Bart beat slow So, whe^C#mn my mom and Joh^An came in,^B I would be cold

Fro^Em a bridge on Was^Bhington Av^C#menue,^A the year of 1972 Broke my^B bones and skull ^Eand it was memorable It^E was ha^Blf a second and I was halfway down Do you ^C#mthink I wanted ^Ato turn b^Back around and teach a class Where^E you kiss ^F#the ass that I've exposed to you

And at the^C#m funeral, the^A Uni^Bversity Cried a^C#mt thr^Aee poems they'^Bd present in place of a broken me

I was ^Ebreaking in a c^Base of suds A^C#mt the brass^A rail, a fall-^Bdown drunk ^Ewith his tongue torn out and his balls removed An^Ed I k^Bnew that my l^C#mast lines we^Are gone while stupidly I lingered on, other ^Bwise men know when it's ^Etime to go An^F#md so I should, too

An^C#md so I fly ^Ainto the bri^Bghtest winter sun Of^C#m this fr^Aozen town, I^B'm stripped down to move on My friends^F#m, I'm g^Aone^B

Well, ^EI hear my father fall And ^EI hear my mother call And ^EI hear the o^Bthers all whisper, "Come home"

I'm sorry to ^Ego I loved y^Aou all so But ^Ethis is t^Bhe worst trip I'v^Ae ever been on

So,^E hoist up the John B. sail (Hoist up the John B. sail) Se^Ee how the main sail sets (See how the main sail sets) I^E've folded my hear^Bt in my head and I wanna go home With a b^Eook in my hand In the w^Aay I had planned Well, ^Ethis is the worst ^Btrip I've^E ever been on ^EHoist up the John B. sail (Hoist up the John B. sail) ^ESee how the main sail sets (See how the main sail sets) ^EI've folded my hea^Brt in my head and I wanna go home With a b^Eook in each hand (With a book in each hand) In the way ^AI had planned (In the way I had planned) I ^Efeel so broke up ^B I wanna go ^Ehome