The Hold Steady - Constructive summer

^DMe and my friends are li^Gke t^Dhe drums on "Lust ^Gfor Life" ^DWe pound it out on floor ^Gtoms ^DOur psalms are sing-along songs

^DAnd this whole town is like ^Gthis ^DBeen that way our whole live^Gs ^DJust work at the mill until you d^Gie ^DWork at the mill, and then you die

^DWe're gonna build something, thi^Gs summer ^DWe're gonna build something, this summer ^BmWe'll put it^A back together-^G raise up a giant ladder ^DWith love, and trust, and friends, and hammers (^GThis ^Esummer!) ^BmWe're gonna^A lean this ladder^G up against the water tower ^DClimb up to the top, and drink and talk (^GThis ^Emsummer!)

^DMe and my friends are like^G "Do^Duble-whiskey-coke-no-i^Gce." ^DWe drink along in double ti^Gme; mi^Dght drink too much, but we feel fine

^DWe're gonna build something this^G summer. ^DGonna build something this summer. This ^Bmsummer, grant us all the^A power to^G drink on top of water towers, ^DWith love, and trust, and shows, all summer (^GGet ^Ehammered!) ^BmLet this be my^A annual^G reminder that we can all be something^D bigger

^DI went to your schools, I did my detention But the walls are so gray, I couldn't pay attention ^DI heard your gospel- it moved me to tears, But I couldn't find the hate, and I couldn't find the fear ^DI met your Savior, I knelt at his feet, And he took my ten bucks, and he went down the street ^DI tried to believe all the things that you said, But my ^Gfriends that aren't dying are ^Ealready dead.

^BmRaise a^A toast to St. Joe^G Strummer ^BmI think he^A might've been our^G only decent teacher ^BmGetting^A older makes it^G harder to remember^D…we are our onl^Gy saviors We're gonna ^Embuild something, this ^Dsummer