E F#m A
pull my shirts from the closets
and give them to the poor
sort the recyclables
but you're not really sure 
  F#m              A             E
  we would tie the knot, but not too tight
  we'd invite the family if it wouldn't cause a fight
    A                 E
    like a boxer with cauliflower ears
    B C#m
    I spent too much time dancing around

    why float like a butterfly, 
    when I should have fallen flat
    A7 
    on the first round

C#M B A
I can feel now
that I can fall down
B E
fall down with you 

they say a castle is a man's home
delivering wisdom from a porceline throne 
but when the crown I wear ends in bells
from kings and fools - it's hard to tell
  from discotechs to home ec
  trade vacations for a back deck
     Take the trash out on Mondays
     Pay the paperboy on Sundays
     Life's rich parade
     reduced to a old lawn chair
     on this half acre plot

       C#m      G#m           A
       When did I trade weeks for days?
       Childhood dreams for higher pay?
       New tattoos for thinning hair?

       G#m                    B
       A dog and a wife to be fed
       A 
       guess I'll need a bigger bed
       C#m B A
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