STILL-LIFE

verse: F C7
chorus: (Bb G F F7) x3 Am Bb C (F C7) x2
bridge: Dm G C F Bb Am G G7

don't you think it's time for something to change?
donna says consistency isn't so strange
& i'm the whippoorwill the small thing that she kills
& mary b is wondering still if it's luck or skill
the party people move into the house
the shower curtain is torn & so's the couch
i hear what's the matter with donna as she gets into the sauna
& i watch her bathing suit soak up the water but i don't wanna.

[chorus]
it's the end of the year, & everyone here
is half-blind with fear so unprepared & scared
how will things turn out for me tonight?
oh...(how will they turn out?) x2

our relationship wasn't so hard to defend
but now you're the devil or the devil's best friend
all the trees are dying & no one seems to be trying
mary b says they'll come back next spring but i know she's lying

[ch]

[bridge]
remember ben folds five?  we saw them live
the week they broke up
did it all end in tears & solo careers?
it's time i spoke up

& said what I really was thinking
but it's too late now you're drinking
& there's no goddamn way i'm driving you home
in my dad's 83 lincoln

[ch]

how will they turn out?..