Code Of Silence chords by Stephen Schwartz
Verse 1
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Em
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She
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talks about the sidewalk sale,
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and what she's planned for supper.
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He reads the Times
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and rails against the news of the day.
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C
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And they talk of home improvements
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and lads playing at the movies.
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And the more they talk,
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the more they hear the things
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they never say.
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She doesn't say,
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why don't you love me like you used to?
He doesn't ask,
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why can't you be the one I need?
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They stay away from talk
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of emptiness and longing.
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Long ago, it seems,
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they tacitly agreed to a code
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of silence.
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She sits there with her herbal tea
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and he sips his cup of java
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When they talk of friends
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and fashion trends
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in a Seinfeld episode
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And they steer through conversations
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like soldiers in a minefield
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Knowing one false turn or
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one true word,
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the whole thing might explode
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He doesn't say,
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when did you turn into my jailer?
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Em
She doesn't ask,
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when did you turn into a ghost?
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We all must pay for our
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security and comfort
Am
Bb
But they wonder if the thing
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that costs the most
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Is this code of silence
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Em
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It's a code of silence,
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strict as any mafia omerta.
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Protect the family's secrets
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and pretend it's unawares.
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A code of silence,
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strong as any LAPD station.
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Stonewall all investigation
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into internal af fairs
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Keep away from those internal
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affairs
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So, she's got her golfing girlfriends
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An d he's got his depressions
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And there's always lots
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to talk about
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There's always something new
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And she bottles up her anger,
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and he swallows his confessions
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And again the evening passes,
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and again they've
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made it through
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She hasn't said,
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why can't you love me like you used to?
Em
He hasn't asked,
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why is this life a heavy load?
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Turn down the bed
for one more night
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of separate dreaming
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Knowing well they won't
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discuss it down the road
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For they may break their hearts,
but they'll never break
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their code
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Em
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Of si lence
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Code Of Silence
Stephen Schwartz
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