Enlighten Me

	  		
verse 1 

        C 
In my mind I write you letters all the time  
          Am                   G 
Somehow I never get the pen to paper  
           C 
And in my life my words always rhyme  
             Am           G 
And it's a shame I don't hate her or blame her  


verse 2 

C 
Look at that I'm 29  
                  Am                             G 
And not much has changed since the last time we danced  
         C 
And I'm good, I'm good I swear to god I'm fine 
          Am                        G 
I'm just scared to death to take a chance   


               C            Am G 
I think you're crazier than me 
               C            Am  
I think you're crazy as can be 
                 G               C 
And it frightens me so enlighten me 
 


verse 3 

            C 
I got your note about the day the girl fell -- 
             Am                      G 
A five story window I don't know too well 
       C 
And I never wrote you back (can't you tell?)  
           Am                  G 
That in my mind the image just climbs  


verse 4 

             C 
I spent too long with the wrong kinds of men 
              Am                        G  
One went to Iraq, came back, but fled again  
       C 
And I think of them - I do, now and then  
           Am                     G 
It only reminds me, that's all behind me  

               C            Am G 
I think you're crazier than me 
               C            Am  
I think you're crazy as can be 
                 G               C 
And it frightens me so enlighten me
 
  
Verse 5 

                   C 
The things in this life we're striving to get  
                       Am                     G 
Are the same as those finding us fools of regret  
             C 
I remember clearly the day we met  
                       Am                           G 
'Cause your voice was crystal and your hair was so gold  


Verse 6 

                  C 
The need for new love — it's loyalty to an old  
                  Am                        G 
Though I don't believe it's what I'm being told  
                  C 
Remember on the platform we stood in the cold?  
                    Am                           G 
I wonder how we'll stand it, one day when we're old . . .  

                    C         Am G 
Will you still be crazy about me? 
                    C          Am  
Will you still be crazy as can be?  
                    G            C 
'Cause it frightens me enlighten me  


Verse 7 

                 C 
Now who'd ever guess one day we'd cross feet 
                  Am                       G  
The corner where Houston and Essex Street meet  
                 C 
And who'd ever guess you'd envision our kid  
                 Am                   G 
In the back of a car drivin' over a bridge  


Verse 8 

                  C 
I don't know how much more I'll take of all this  
             Am                        G 
Do we come apart or do we join at the hip? 
                      C  
Or do we both flip a coin; heads or tails — tell me quick —  
                  Am                    G 
Heads means let's say tails says walk away!  


                C                        Am          G 
I think you're crazy, I think you're crazier than me  
                C           Am 
I think you're crazy as can be  
                 G            C 
And it frightens me enlighten me  



Verse 9 
            C 
Time passes on and we pick up the pen  
                          Am                           G  
Though we barely write a word before we put it down again  
              C 
I'm asking myself ain't the sole intention 
                    Am                G   
To be riddled with love without any question?  


verse 10 

                       C 
It's time we give the lunatic business arrest  
                     Am                G  
You're borderline romantic at worst I guess  
             C 
I made a mistake, I got it all wrong  
                 Am                          G  
It's me who's insane but for the sake of my song  


            C           Am G 
I made you crazier than me  
          C           Am 
I may be crazy as can be  
                 G               C 
And it frightens me so enlighten me 
 

Outro 

C 
I write you letters all the time in my mind  
C 
I write you letters all the time in my mind  
C 
I write you letters all the time in my mind  
C 
I write you letters . . .