Writer in the Dark

Break the news you're walking out (C)to be a good man for someone else.

(D)Sorry I was never good like (C)you.

(D)Stood on my chest and kept me down,

hated (C)hearing my name on the lips of a crowd.

(D)Did my best to exist just for (C)you.

Bet you rue the (D5)day you kissed a writer in the (C5)dark.

Bet you rue the (D5)day you kissed a writer in the (C5)dark.

Now she's gonna (D5)play and sing,

and lock you in her (C5)heart.

Bet you rue the (D5)day you kissed a (C5)writer in the (G5)dark.

(G)I am my mother's child.

I (Am)love you 'til my (Em)breathing stops,

I (Am)love you 'til you (Em)call the cops on (D)me.

(G)But in our darkest hours I (Am)stumbled on a (Em)secret pow'r:

I'll (Am)find a way to be without you,

babe. I still feel you now and then,

(C)slow, like pseudoephidrine.

(D)When you see me, will you say I've (C)changed?

(D)I ride the subway, read the signs,

I (C)let the seasons change my mind.

I love it here since I've stopped needing (D)you.

Bet you rue (G)the (I am my mother's child.

I (Am)love you 'til my (Em)breathing stops,

I (Am)love you 'til you (Em)call the cops on (D)me.

(G)But in our darkest hours I (Am)stumbled on a (Em)secret pow'r:

I'll (Am)find a way to be without you,

babe.)