I'm Writing a Novel chords by Father John Misty
Verse 1
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I ran down the road,
pants down to my knees
Screaming "please come help me,
that Canadian shaman gave a little too much to me!"
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And I'm writing a novel because
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it's never been done before
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Verse 2
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First house that I saw I wrote
house up on the door
And told the people who lived there they had to get
out "cause my reality is realer than yours"
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And there's no time for the present
And there's a black dog on the bed
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Verse 3
I went to the backyard to
burn my only clothes
And the dog ran out and said "you can't turn
nothing into nothing is with me no more"
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Well I'm no doctor but that
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monkey might be right
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And if he is I'll be walking
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him my whole life
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Verse 4
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I rode to Malibu on a dune
buggy with Neil
He said "you're gonna have to drive me down on
the beach if you ever want to write the real"
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And I said "I'm sorry,
young man what is your name again?"
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Verse 5
Now everywhere I go in West Hollywood
It's filled with people pretending they don't see the
actress and the actress wishing that they could
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We could do ayahuasca
Baby if I wasn't holding all
these drinks
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Verse 6
Something 'bout the way
Violet whips her hair
That makes me empty my pockets on the corner to
corner bumming twenties as if I was the mayor
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I don't need any new friends, Momma
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But I could really use something to do
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So if you're up for it sometimes
I swear you wouldn't have
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to be my muse
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Verse 7
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Heidegger and Sartre, drinking
poppy tea
I could've sworn last night I passed out in my van
and now these guys are pouring one for me
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I'll never leave the canyon 'cause I'm
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surrounded on all sides
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By people writing novels
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and living on amusement rides
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I'm Writing a Novel
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