D#
Lord
A#
Show me a sign
D#
That you’re still there
G#
That you still care
D#
That you’re still with me
A#
That you still know me
G# A#
Before I resign
D#
Show me a sign
D#
I can’t laugh
Cm
I can’t weep
D#
Five nights in a row now
A#
Not a second of sleep
G#
Is there something
Cm
You want me to know
G# A#
Well I wish you’d tell me what
D#
Give me some kind of show
D#
How ‘bout a meteor
Cm
Or a shooting star
D#
Or even a drunk
A#
Getting thrown out of the bar
G#
I’m getting impatient
Cm
And hope is expensive
G#
And I’m running low on
A# D#
Everything these days
D#
The waters are rising
Cm
And the world is on fire
D#
We’re all just gasoline
A#
For the funeral pyre
G#
In the palaces morons
Cm
In the hospitals ghouls
G# A#
Murderers in the towns
D#
Rats in the schools
D#
Armies of zombies
Cm
And the generals fishing
D#
And baby Jesus
A#
On a suicide mission
G#
And little Mohammed
Cm
Lifeless and brown
G# A#
And drowning faceless scarecrows
D#
Wearing the crown
D#
Ten thousand whistlers
Cm
Off-track and off-tune
D#
Sixteen drummers
A#
Wearing some kind of rune
G#
Some kind of amulet
Cm
Some pre-Christian cross
G# A#
And one man’s lucky roll
D#
Is another man’s loss
D#
Lord, you should have been there
Cm
Last Saturday night
D#
I broke a couple barstools
A#
And I broke up a fight
G#
I broke three fingers
Cm
They looked kind of Egyptian
G# A#
And the doctor wouldn’t see me
D#
Without a prescription
D#
If this is how
Cm
It’s all gonna go
D#
I might as well pile up
A#
Frequent flier miles and lay low
G#
I might as well buy up
Cm
Some spiritual trinkets
G# A#
Line the walls with paint
D#
And start to drink it
D#
It’s hard to believe
Cm
It’s goin’ down so fast
D#
When Einstein died
A#
He thought you built it to last
G#
But they threw him in a hole
Cm
And they stole his brain
G#
And three days later
A# D#
It washed up again in the rain
D#
Lord, I’ll make you a bargain
Cm
I’ll cut you a deal
D#
They can cut off my eyelids
A#
And I won’t squeal
G#
I won’t spill your secrets
Cm
My soul’s locked tight
G#
Just please let me
A# D#
Get a little sleep tonight
D#
Fifty thousand horses
Cm
Ten thousand sheep
D#
I’d trade ‘em all
A#
For just a second of sleep
G#
The kind with dreams though
Cm
You gotta have dreams
G# A#
I’ve heard about what happens
D#
At the other extreme
D#
Yeah without them dreams
Cm
You go insane
D#
It’s like having mayonnaise
A#
Shot into your brain
G#
But maybe I’m the exception
Cm
Every dog has its day
G# A#
Maybe I’m a brand new species
D#
What do you say
D# Cm D# A# G# Cm G# A# D#
D#
So look out the window
Cm
Might be something out there
D#
Maybe something to read
A#
Here’s a Vanity Fair
G#
Winter is coming
Cm
That’s a relief
G# A#
And I’m willing to go on faith
D#
But I’m past belief
D# Cm D# A# G# Cm G# A# D#
(lyrics: Dan Bern)