The Park Avenue Sobriety Test

	  		From "The Park Avenue Sobriety Test" (2015)  


Chorus:   
              C    G         F      C    
This is the...Park Avenue sobriety test,   
       F           C               G       F   
it's a kick in the teeth, it's the hornets nest  
         C    G         F     C   
It's the Park Avenue sobriety test,  
         F         G        C      Csus4 C    
It's the cold hard light of day.  


         C            G               F            C   
It's the pain in your heart, it's the look in your eyes,  
     F           C           G             F   
when all of your friends are dropping like flies,  
         C           G          F          C   
it's the hole in the sky when a young man dies...  
    Dm           G     C   
you just want to go to sleep.  

             C       G          F         C  
and when you finally sleep, you imagine a world  
         F         C                 G         F  
that's a beautiful world filled with beautiful girls  
        C             G          F       C  
and the girls in your world, the one you imagined,  
     Dm          G         C   
they all want to know your name  

       C              G              F              C  
so you tell them your name, and they give you their number  
           F           C       G              F  
as you're calling them up you awake from your slumber  
            C            G           F         C  
'cause your landlord's outside, he's driving a Hummer,  
           Dm          G       C  
and you're starting to catch a cold.  

Chorus  

         C          G            F        C  
it's the kid on the street, he's having a ball  
           F             C            G         F  
and you're watching his feet,cos he's kicking a ball  
         C            G            F              C  
cause he don't need a phone and he don't need the mall  
      Dm         G         C  
and a tear rolls down your cheek  

         C          G           F           C  
it's the guy at the bank, he's cashing the cheque   
           F          C                G          F  
that't the government sent 'cause he's out on the deck  
     C          G    F      C  
some words will not autocorrect,   
      Dm                G       C   
like "who the fuck will pay our rent!?"  

       C        G         F          C  
Some people are wealthy, others are rich  
      F        C      G           F  
some people complain others just bitch,  
   C             G         F            C  
it might take a second to see which is which  
        Dm       G        C  
but the devil is in the details.  

Chorus   

          C          G           F        C   
It's the girl at the bar,she's pouring a drink  
       F            C             G             F   
she's taking your dough and you think that she winks  
        C           G             F          C  
so you ask her her name, and she tells you a lie  
       Dm            G        C  
'cause Frank's not a woman's name.   

     D             A               G                 D     
Last call has been called, and now "Frank"'s closing down  
       G          D                  A      G   
you're out on the street and there's no-one around  
         D          A        G            D   
and it's raining outside and you're still drunk  
               Em       A       D        D  Dsus4 }  
and now you're walking across a bridge.  

           D        A          G          D  
and you're sobering up and you get to the park  
          G         D             A       G  
and it's sketchy as hell and it's totally dark  
            D        A              G          D  
when you're one of a kind you can't get on the ark  
   Em          A             D  
so zip up your jacket and go home.  

Chorus (modulate to E):  

            E    B        A      E   
This is the Park Avenue sobriety test  
       A           E              B        A   
it's a kick in the teeth it's the hornet's nest  
         E    B        A      E   
it's the Park Avenue sobriety test,  
         A         B        E    
it's the cold hard light of day   
            A         B        E    
this is the cold hard light of day  
            A             B            E   *** (three beats and end cold)  
This is the cold...hard...light.....of day!