Written by David Berman
Verse 1:
C Em F C In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection C Em F C Slowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction C Em F C Broken and smokin' where the infrared deer plunge in the digital snake C Em F C I tell you, they make it so you can't shake hands when they make your hands shakeDm F I know you like to line dance Dm F Everything so democratic and cool Dm F C But, baby, there's no guidance when random rulesVerse 2:
C Em F C I know that a lot of what I say has been lifted off of men's room walls C Em F C Maybe I've crossed the wrong rivers and walked down all the wrong halls C Em F C But nothing can change the fact that we used to share a bed C Em F C And that's why it scared me so when you turned to me and said:Bridge:
Dm F "Yeah, you look like someone Dm F Yeah, you look like someone who up and left me low Dm F C Boy, you look like someone I used to know"Dm F I know you'd like to line dance Dm F With everything so democratic and cool Dm F C But, baby, there's no guidance when random rulesOutro Dm F No one should have two lives Dm F Now you know my middle names are Wrong and Right Dm F C Honey, we've got two lives to give tonight C To give tonight C To give tonight C C Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohVerse 3:
C Em F C I asked the painter why the roads are colored black C Em He said, "Steve, it's because people leave F C And no highway will bring them back" C Em F C So if you don't want me, I promise not to linger C Em F C But before I go, I've gotta ask you, dear, about that tan line on your ring finger