The Weakerthans - Exiles among you

^E(x^E/Eb2) ^{B A} [Verse] ^EHer body is a difficult ^E/Ebsister and she ^Aloves her ^EAnd hides her somewhere in her^E/Ebself, safe from ^Aharm ^EShe's barely coasting into a ^E/Ebpaycheck, stuck on ^Aempty ^EHer blue eyes frozen green in the ^E/Eblow-lit AT^AM

I ^F#mneed a way to measure the ^Adistance I ^F#mneed a way to say ^C#mwhy Out of ^Abreath or out of key ^F#mHer voice re^C#msonated in ^Eme^{E/Eb B}

^AWish on every^Eth^E/Ebing ^{B A}Pray that she re^Ema^E/Ebins ^{B A}Proud and strange and ^C#mso hopelessly ^Esus2hopeful

^EHer body is a difficult ^E/Ebsister and she ^Aloves her ^EAnd hides her somewhere in her^E/Ebself, safe from ^Aharm ^EHer night shift is over, she's ^E/Ebwriting you a ^Apostcard To ^Esay that she's okay and it's ^E/Ebraining there ^Aagain

My ^F#mfury's rising faster than b^Aus fares Could ^F#msomeone clarify ^C#mwhy There's no ^Astructured narrative? ^ENo neat story^C#mline to ex^Epl^E/Ebain ^B

^AWish on every^Eth^E/Ebing ^{B A}Pray that she re^Ema^E/Ebins ^{B A}Proud and strange and ^C#mso hopelessly ^Esus2hopeful

^AWish on every^Eth^E/Ebing ^{B A}Pray that she re^Ema^E/Ebins ^{B A}Proud and strange and ^C#mso hopelessly ^Esus2hopeful

^EWishes and ^E/Ebprayers are the ^Bway ^AWish on everything ^EThat we leave the ^E/Eblonely a^Blone ^APray that she remains ^EAnd push the ^E/Ebwounded a^Bway ^AProud and strange and ^C#mso hopelessly ^Esus2hopeful

She ^Eshoplifts some Christmas gifts and a bracelet for her^G#mself And considers phoning ^C#mhome, has some ^Bquarters in her ^Ahand But she ^Esits down on the sidewalk and bites her bottom ^G#mlip And spends the after^C#mnoon willing ^Btraffic lights to ^Achange

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