The Poets

[Intro ]
    
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The poets took their papers 
                            E 
And they burned them on the street 

They threw them in the fire 
                           E 
And they danced around the heat 
G#m 
Cause the fire the burns inside 
                                  E  E 
Is not the one they think they need 

They opened up their windows 
                     E 
In the middle of the storm 

They emptied out their wallets 
                         E 
And they jumped into the swarm 
G#m                                                E  E 
Cause they're better off wearing rags than a uniform 
 

 
          E 
So this is how it goes 
          D# 
The poets take the show 
F#           E     
Stay for the afterglow 
      E 
We can make amends 
         D# 
Opinions they can bend 
          F#          E            E  E 
Because I thought you were my friend 
 

 
They looked into the mirror 
                      E 
And the mirror looked back 

They turned off all the lights 
                      E 
And the mirror turned black 
G#m 
Cause the only light they need 
                             E  E 
Is the light behind their eyes 

They looked up at each other 
                        E 
As they came out of the pit 

They buried all the matches 
                           E 
And then took out what was lit 
        {G#m} 
And the poets shook their head 
N.C.                         E  E 
As they walked into the show 
 

 
             E 
So the city's getting cold 
             D# 
The kids are going home 
          F#          E            
What they say will be carved in stone 
          E 
And as the years go by 
           D# 
Blake will start to cry 
           F#            E             F# E A  
His face replaced by the youth each time 

 F# E A  
 

 
N.C.     
Drop pen 

Your words, your thoughts 
           E 
They don't matter 
E 
Your monologues 
           D# 
They don't matter 
        F#        E       
I don't care even if you do 
                     E 
Your poetry it won't matter 
                     D# 
Your poetry it don't matter 
        F# 
Can you hear me? 
E                    E  E N.C. 
Am I still speaking English?