C
F
Am
G
C
Helpless, she lies across the stairs
C
F
Am
G
C
Haunting your days, consum ing your prayers
C
F
Am
G
C
There will be healing, but don’t force this girl to stand
C
F
Am
G
C
As she’s counting the ceilings, with pale voice and trembling hands
F
G
C
F
You told me life was long, but now that it’s gone,
C
F
Em
F
You find yourself on top, as the leader of a flock
G
C
F
Fm
C
F
G
C
Called to be around for those below
C
F
Am
G
C
Whispered notes from the piano in the corner of the room
C
F
Am
G
C
Hold your throat, is that healing that you’re hearing in her tune?
C
F
Am
G
C
Wanting change, but loving her just as she lies
C
F
Am
G
C
Is the burden of the man who’s built his life on love
F
G
C
F
You told me life was long, but now that it’s gone,
C
F
Em
F
You find yourself on top, as the leader of a flock
G
C
F
Fm
C
F
G
C
Called to be around for those below
F
G
I’ll be locked up and stored
F
G
In a lavender ward
F
G
‘Cause my mind is just like hers,
F
G
just as broken, just as crippled, just as burned
C
F
Em
F
And then I find myself on top, as the leader of a flock
G
C
F
Fm
C
F
G
C
Called to be around for those below
C
F
G
Am
Fm
Em
