The Left Side
Em
A pretty one-eyed girl
A pretty one-eyed girl
Am
from the state of Maine
from the state of Maine
Em
can’t see the church: it’s on the
can’t see the church: it’s on the
Am
left side of her brain.
left side of her brain.
But it’s
D
clothed in browning leaves and it
clothed in browning leaves and it
C
wants to take her in,
wants to take her in,
and
D
there’s a parsons robe inside that
there’s a parsons robe inside that
C
wants to feel her skin.
wants to feel her skin.
Em
And the sleeves of warm, black cloth are
And the sleeves of warm, black cloth are
Am
hungry for her wrists,
hungry for her wrists,
Em
and the first page of the Holy Book is
and the first page of the Holy Book is
Am
hungry for her kiss.
hungry for her kiss.
G
She’ll go home, all a
She’ll go home, all a
C
lone on the
lone on the
G
right hand of the
right hand of the
C
interstate
interstate
G
and the church upon the
and the church upon the
C
hill it will
hill it will
G
sit in crumbling
sit in crumbling
C
leaves
leaves
and it will
F
wait for her,
wait for her,
C
wait to be together. But
wait to be together. But
N.C.
she won’t want it, ever.
she won’t want it, ever.
Em
It’s like a dream I had: this
It’s like a dream I had: this
Am
girl I went to see
girl I went to see
Em
(and I can’t sing her name, she might be
(and I can’t sing her name, she might be
Am
listening to me),
listening to me),
in a
D
room of missing tiles we
room of missing tiles we
C
felt ourselves entwine,
felt ourselves entwine,
D
and she bit my tongue and shouted as I
and she bit my tongue and shouted as I
C
crawled into her mind.
crawled into her mind.
It was
Em
full of singing mouths and
full of singing mouths and
Am
apples in the air,
apples in the air,
a
Em
soft, warm little room that was sur
soft, warm little room that was sur
Am
rounded by her hair.
rounded by her hair.
And a
D
lone, when we woke, we
lone, when we woke, we
C
stretched our legs and spoke
stretched our legs and spoke
to the
D
people we were sleeping with in
people we were sleeping with in
C
voices not our own,
voices not our own,
in the
G
cool of our
cool of our
C
beds, with the
beds, with the
G
words just dissi
words just dissi
C
pating
pating
in the
G
empty air a
empty air a
C
head, and this
head, and this
G
other world just
other world just
C
waiting
waiting
F
until we’re
until we’re
D
dead.
dead.
C
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