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Oh, Precious

 
  E
I live in a building where nobody knows me,
                                 B
I go to bed early, I sleep in my clothes.
At night I hear screaming down in the street,
                                          A E
I dream that I'm slipping, I reach for my feet.

 B               A              E
 Precious, we are falling down, catch us.
    B   A           E
 Oh no, down we go again.

E
I fill in the holes in my vision with dexedrine,
the landscape spins sideways, the movies and magazines
B
whisper as they hide on soft silky surfaces
A                                                  E
surely my neighbors and friends have ther purposes here.

E
The building is maddening, thirty floors high
                                            B
they are building a needle that pierces the sky
       A
like a cold vaccination, like a smile through a polaroid,
surely my neighbors and friends want to be destroyed.

 Precious, we are falling down, catch us.
 Oh no, down we go again.

E                                                     B
Lend me a leaf from the rill, lifting the dreams from you,
                                                 E
they sift through the meshes of the ancient afternoon.
E                                                   B
Leave me alone for awhile, leave me alone with your smile,
    B                               A                               B
and listen to the breaking, all the buildings we are making will be gone.

 A E A E

 Precious, we are falling down, falling down,
 catch us.
 
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