Poems Written With A Borrowed Pen chords by Tom Paxton

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Verse 1
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Holdin' on till the
mornin' comes,
holdin' the mug between two thumbs
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I'm gonna pay for this coffee
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with some awful nerves
Writing the same old lines again,
using a borrowed ballpoint pen
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The poet knows he gets
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the poem he deserves
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But poems written with
a borrowed pen
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Won't bring you back to me again,
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oh darling
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I'm stuck here for the rest of my life,
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oh darling
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It's so hard without you day
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by day by day
Thinking about the best of times
Didn't we hear the midnight chimes?
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Didn't we grow together?
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Didn't we have it all?
Sometimes life can seem insane
You woke up in a little pain
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Next thing the head nurse wakes me
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With a midnight call
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And poems written with a
borrowed pen
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Won't bring you back to me again,
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oh darling
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I'm stuck here for the rest of my life,
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oh darlin'
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It's so hard when that's a day
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by day by day
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A hundred times a day
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I do familiar things
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I start to read the paper
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and the telephone rings
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I listen for your footsteps
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wondering who it can be
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Then the pain comes down
like a blanket
There's no one here but me
There's no one here but me
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Reading the papers through again
Trouble for the president's men
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Revolutions out there shaking
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the old regimes
Spillin' coffee on the table top
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I know these tears have got to stop
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I know they see me as a man
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who lives in his dreams
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But come what may the borrowed pen
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Won't bring you back to me again,
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oh darling
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I'm stuck here for the rest of my life,
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oh darling
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It's so hard when that's a day
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by day by day
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A hundred times a day
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I do familiar things
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I start to read the paper
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and the telephone rings
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I listen for your footsteps
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wondering who it can be
D 
Then the pain comes down
like a blanket,
there's no one here but me
There's no one here but me
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Holdin' on till the morning comes
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Holdin' the mug between two thumbs
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I'm gonna pay for this coffee
G 
with some awful nerves
Writing the same old lines again
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Using a  borrowed ballpoint pen
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The poet mostly gets
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the poem he deserves
D 
But poems written with
a borrowed pen
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Won't bring you back to me again,
G 
oh darling
C 
I'm stuck here for the rest of my life
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Oh darling,
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it's so hard without you
day by day by day
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It's so hard without you
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day by day by day you