Written by Peter Doherty/Peter Wolfe
Em B Bm A7 (intro) Em B Bm A7 Take a broken love song, keep it by your side Em B Bm A7 Never be lonely, find a place to hide Em B Bm A7 By the west way, inside the scrubs Em B Bm A7 Em How long must we wait, for they're killing us? Killing us Bm F#m They are the loneliest Bm F#m They are the loneliest Bm F#m They are the loneliest Bm F#m They are the loneliest Em B Bm A7 Still Em B Bm A7 Through my cell window, hear the loft boys sing Em B Bm A7 Come on you R's, carried on the wind Em B Every morning, I'll be singing like a caged bird who might say Bm A7 John, Paul, George and Ringo help pass the hours away Em B Bm A Free as a bird would I be, another dawn creeps up on me on me Em Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Bm F#m They are the loneliest Bm F#m They are the loneliest Bm F#m They are the loneliest Bm F#m They are the loneliest B Bm E G Letters from faceless haters who'd love to see my swinging in my cell A B Bm Oh I never saw a man who looked like such a wistful eye, E G A as the fear of blue prisoners call the sky Bm F#m They are the loneliest Bm F#m They are the loneliest Bm F#m They are the loneliest Bm F#m They are the loneliest Em Still