Standard (EADGBE)

Laura are you still livin' there on your estate of sorrows?

You used to leave it occasionally but now you don't even bother

to ride the commuter train west to Chicago

to stroll through the greenery in the park past the statues

how her eyes seemed to follow you, like a hated addiction

their beauty carved out of absolutes you could never claim

or even envision

Laura you were the saddest song in the shape of a woman

yeah I thought you were beautiful but I wept with your movements

but I hope that you're laughing now from that place on the carpet

where we shared a sleeping bag in your sister's apartment

oh how she would worry so, you know I was just a stranger

but she asked me to care for you, yes she did

and I went and betrayed her

But do you know we're in high demand, Laura, us, people who suffer?

because we don't take to arguing and we're quick to surrender.

Well I think I would call tonight if I still had your number

your thoughts have always laid close to mine, and we're both skipping supper.

But you should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living

'Cause it's the ones with the sorest throats, Laura,

who have done the most singing

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