Title: Picture Window
Music By Ben Folds
Lyrics By Nick Hornby
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G# F# C# G#
They checked into the hospital new year's eve
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Nothing to be done about that
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Rainbows, daffodils; she's not naïve
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Symbolism's all crap
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There's a big picture window in their room
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On the ward, with a view of a parliament hill
Dm7(4) F# C#
But the view offers more joy than they can afford
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When there's this much pain to kill
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
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Hope is a bastard
C#/F
Hope is a liar
F#
A# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
G#
Kick it's backside
C#/F F# C# G# F(9) C# G#
Got no place in days like these
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At dusk the darkness surrenders to color
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As the fireworks streak the sky
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And their window gives them the prettiest picture
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Their useless luck makes her wanna cry
F# C#
Then it turns midnight, the shitty old year spent
G#
Another Mum gives her some sparkling wine
F# C#
And she nearly gives in to the moment
G#
But she'll still be sick in 2009
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
G#
Hope is a bastard
C#/F
Hope is a liar
F#
A# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
G#
Kick it's backside
C#/F F# C# G#
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4) G# Fm F# (repeat 3 times)
Am7(4) C#/G#
Just as she's thinking of pulling the blind down
F(9)/A# C#sus
A# rocket bursts in front of her eyes
Dm7(4)
The city lit up like a crown on London
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And she tries and fails to stop spirits rise
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
G#
Hope is a bastard
C#/F
Hope is a liar
F#
A# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
G#
Kick it's backside
C#/F F#
Got no place in days like these
Dm7(4)
You know what hope is?
G#
Hope is a bastard
C#/F
Hope is a liar
F#
A# cheat and a tease
Dm7(4)
Hope comes near you?
G#
Kick it's backside
C#/F F# C#/F G# F(9) C# /F G#
Got no place in days like these