Okkervil River - Plus ones

^CNo one wants to h^Cear about your ^Am97th t^Cear, so dry your e^Amyes or let it g^Co uncried, my^D dear. I am all o^Amut of love to m^Couth into you^Dr ear, and not ab^Amove C D Am Am* C* D* letting a love song disappear before it's written. And no^C one wants a tu^Cne about the ^Am100th luft^Cballoon that was seen ^Amshooting from the wi^Cndow of your r^Doom, to be a s^Ampot against the sk^Cy's colossal^D gloom and land, def^Amlated, in some ne^Cighbor state that's^D strewn with 99 ^Amothers. ^{Am C D}

^Am 8 Chinese brot^Dhers; well, there's a r^Ceason why the l^Dast is smiling wi^Amde and sitting h^Cigher than the ^Dothers, swinging his ar^Amms. ^{C D}

^CYou would probabl^Cy die before yo^Amu shot^C up 9 miles high Your eyes^Am dilated as lig^Cht played upon the ^Dsight O^Amf TVC16 as it s^Cings you good^Dnight R^Amelaxed as hell^C and locked up in c^Dell 45 ^AmI hope you're feeling bett^Amer ^{C D}

^Am51st way to leave^D your lover C D Am C D Admittedly, it doesn't seem to be as gentle or as clean as all the others Am C D Even a scars all in the after hours of some Greenpoint bar

^CI told you, I can't listen, ^Cbaby, 'bout the^Am 4th time you were a^C lady ^Amand how your fo^Crthrightness betray^Ded a secret shyness ^AmStripped away by days of ^Cbeing hailed as "^Dyour highness" And what's new ^Ampussycat, as y^Cou were once a lion^Dness ^AmThey cut your claws o^Amut ^{C D}

^CKitten, not e^Cveryone's keen ^Amon lighting candle 1^C7, the party's d^Amone, the cake's^C all gone, the plat^Des are clean Am C D The chauffeur's near and from the cheerless mezzanine And in just one ^Amyear, this stra^Cight world could pa^Dy to see ^Amwhat they have been missin^Amg ^{C D}

^AmYou were caught kissing 8 chinese bro^Dthers C D Am C D Well, there's a reason why the last is smiling wide and sitting higher than the others ^AmStaking with char^Cm ^D

^AmAnd he says, "Lets get lost, let them send o^Dut alarms ^AmHe says, "Let's get crossed out and com^De to harm" ^Am"Lets make the world's stupidest stand an^Dd truly mean it ^AmLets hit the limit of loss over lover^D's arms ^AmNo, lets exceed it"