Written by Ezra Furman
Tuning: Standard REPEAT then: DRUMS ENTER: C C C G x2 C C C Am D --- C G So what if I burn my hands C G when I unloaded C hot dishes from the G D dishwashing machine C G It's just my job sir C G I do what I'm paid for C G You won't catch me walking D home from work crying --- C G Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh C G Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh C Am D Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh --- C G So what if this apron has C G many stains of red? C G and red is the same color D that runs in my veins C G I'm just a number C G swimming in water C G I'm just another D dirty dish in the machine --- C G Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh C G Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh C Am D Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh --- Am C Every dish I wash G D I wash for someone else Am C I ain't an old woman G D on the beach collecting shells --- Am Em x2 G C G G x2 (Played like the intro) --- C G So what if I could have made C G millions in the stock market? C G I never much understood D numbers anyway C G I wash the dishes C G someone must do that C G people don't want D to eat their food off dirty plates --- C G Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh C G Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh C Am D Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh --- C G And so what if people are C G walking right by me and C G seeing right through me? D I do the same to them C G And who cares that the planet C G is turning on cruelty? C G a cold metal axis that D cuts off my head --- C G Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh C G Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh C Am D Ohhhhhhhhhhhh oh --- Am C Maybe some day all the people G D in the world so big and wide Am C will turn just like a record G D over to their other side --- Am Em x2 G C G G x2 (Played like the intro) ---