Key: B minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Damn if I didn't
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A man- made lake and some trees
Came back to my room all
covered in sweat
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Here at the Swiss Waldhaus Hotel
Verse 2
Am
Em
Filled out an application for a work visa
It's been a few weeks
since I've left home
Verse 3
Em
And a runner named Fabio flashlights me back
Em
Then I get in my bed and talk with my girl
How the hell did I end up playing
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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Damn if I didn't just go walk in the yard,
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so alone on [?]
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I felt like Jimmy Page walking the moun
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tains out behind Aleister Crowley's house
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It was too dark, and it got so cold
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Came back to my room,
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read Graham Nash's Wild Tales
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Til I fell asleep to the sound
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Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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The sound of the birds
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The birds of Flims
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Yeah I've asked around
But nobody knows the names
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of 'em
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Verse 6
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Of the birds
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The birds of Flims
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Yeah I've asked around
But nobody knows the names
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of 'em
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Verse 7
down the road
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When a girl named Veronica stopped me
She said she was from Milan and
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We talked a little bit
But there was a barrier
And I walked along the dandelions
Verse 9
with a note
"Veronica,
And when I saw her again on the set
She said "Grazie",
Verse 10
Damn if I didn't go to dinner
last night with Paul
was feeling ill
He spends more time on the set than I do
And it's cold out there
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Am
he was playing Hitler
Verse 11
Am
Em
And I felt bad,
and I gave him some words of support
home ownership
Francisco and New York
Verse 12
damn if I didn't go out later with a set
We talked for four hours at a bar
down the street
And the music was terrible
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Am
But yeah, I liked her, kinda
Verse 13
She's been with someone for
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And I kinda figured that anyhow,
And that made life easier for both of us
And I walked her drunk
And like a gentleman,
Interlude 3
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Verse 14
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And I went to my room
I looked down at the waterfront
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From my balcony I felt
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The surrealness of my surroundings
Verse 15
Looked up at the baby
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blue ceilings above
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And thought of my home
And my girl
Interlude 4
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Verse 16
Damn when it all ended
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If I didn't have them fly me out
Where I saw kitty cats sleeping
on porches
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And drank real iced tea for the first
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time in six to eight weeks
Verse 17
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And not to have to yell [?]
About eating pasta pomodoro for the
38th time in a month
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If its price [?] was 60 Swiss
Verse 18
fuckin' francs
Reconcile
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With a side of ma caroni and cheese
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And cornbread and collard greens
Verse 19
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Saw it advertised on channel 99
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The public access channel
And I walked across the street
to a gym
And I watched two fighters spar
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during their break
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While they sipped on their Snapple
Verse 20
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And I thought, what is life if not a fight?
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Or a test of will and grace
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Some would match it by throw
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slippery [?]
Verse 21
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Some of them buckle and stall
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Like Oliver "The Atomic
Verse 22
Life's a chess game for all of us
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When the fighters got back in the ring
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I thought of my own fight in life
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And it was time to be leaving
Verse 23
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And damn if I didn't go to the airport
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And fly up to Clev eland, Ohio
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I had dinner at Sylvester's in North Canton
with my girlfriend and her friends
in a while
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I was surrounded by genuine smiles (
beautiful smiles)
Verse 24
I felt content
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And grounded and rooted again
the hardships
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of my closest and dearest friends
Verse 25
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Fell asleep in her spare room
to the sound of crop dusters
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And cars on the highway
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Back to my root s where
unconditional love
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And I could no longer hear the birds of Flims
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Outro 1
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