Why Can’t You Be chords by Kimya Dawson, Third Eye Blind
Verse 1
Am
Are you frightened by the
weight you possess or
C
Is this life just weightlessness
G
And smoggy twilight in LA
D
G
I can't think of one real thing to say
Am
And you and me are
out walking in the canyons
C
She forgets that we were friends
G
I guess it all depends on your mood
D
Why can't these meds be
G
any damn good
Verse 2
Am
And she said
Why can't you be
C
Like my waterpik shower massager
G
D
A sweet reliable machine
Am
And to tell the truth I don't feel less alone
C
My water massagers the purest
G
love I've ever known
Am
C
Why can't you be
G
Like when I was 13
Verse 3
Am
And I said,
Why can't you be
C
Like an art house foreign movie
G
Frank and sexy, red balloons and ennui
D
G
D
And aloof to me, yeah
Am
And why can't you be
C
A little more of a mystery
Verse 4
G
Why can't you be
Am
The part of me that's missing
C
Instead of leaving me for some other
G
Say we're perfect for each other
F
And I know we won't
Am
G
spend our lives alone
Verse 5
Am
And she said,
Why can't you be
C
Like an outsourced government contract
G
I'm a fat cat gettin' away
D
with anything
Kicking some secret spe
Am
cial powers
C
Illumination rounds in showers
G
Cause your tearing your hair out
D
While we can have a bed of flowers
Verse 6
Am
And I said,
Why can't you be
C
Like the chicks out on the road
Am
G
Some girls are happy just to see me
Am
'Cause you got moxie
and a broken nose
C
You take them away from
this prose
G
Sometimes a blowjob's not enough
Am
C
Why can't you play
Verse 7
A little less rough
G
Why can't you be
Am
The part of me that's missing
C
Instead of leaving me for some other
G
Say we're perfect for each other
F
And I know we won't go spend
Am
this life alone
G
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G
Verse 8
F
Am
Can we
G
just leave it be
F
We ccould live
C
our lives
G
separately
F
Could you forget
C
Am
what happens to you
C
G
To you and me
Verse 9
F
When we're dead
Am
and we'll be dead
G
We'll have eternity
F
And I will spend it all
Am
missing you
G
Seeing you and me
F
Am
F
Am
So while I'm alive
C
G
I will always be
F
Seeking you out
Digging you out
C
Wondering about
Am
how it goes so far down
G
and what's wrong with you
wrong with you and me
Verse 10
Am
And she said,
Why can't you be
C
Someone lookin' deeper into me
G
Like JD Salinger
D
Why do I challenge her
In all these surface ways
Am
That you displease
C
Why can't you be
G
A little more at ease
Verse 11
Am
Well,
Why can't you be
C
Like a hand rolled cigarette
I'm not joking
G
D
This masochistic self- pity of smoking
Am
And this city ditty
C
G
I keep provoking you to leave me
Verse 12
Am
And she said,
Why can't you be
C
Like a candle I can snuff
G
You're still a diamond
in the rough
D
And I swear to god I've had enough
Am
C
How can I
call your bluff?
Why Can’t You Be
Kimya Dawson, Third Eye Blind
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