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Capo OFFAuto

Verse

You’re banging your drum

  You blow your own trumpet

Your ship came in

  And your fanfare sunk it

The tide has turned, our love’s gone forever, ever

I stand on the shore

  As it floats down the river, river

Chorus

I had such hopes

 I had such visions planned

 The frames were shot

 But now our future’s canned

I had my hopes so high they fell right down

I had my hopes so high they fell right down

Verse

I’m banging my head

You watch without malice

(You watch with no interest at all)

I bet all your friends

Compare this to “Dallas”

(I might as well talk to a brick wall)

So under the arm I feel the cold shoulder

So I’ll once again

 have to play the wild rover

REPEAT CHORUS:

Instrumental

Do I need all this pressure

Do I bury my temper

I had my hopes so high they fell right down

I had my hopes so high they fell right down

(Ad lib vocals)

Coda

(slow tempo to finish)