1. Weather Report
2. Broken Skin
3. It s My Party (But I Won t Cry)
4. Bring Me A Heart Again
5. Snowgun
6. Always Greener
7. See Things My Way
8. You re Not Where You Think You Are
9. Head On Straight
10. More Questions Than Answers
11. First Responder
1. WEATHER REPORT
[Chorus]
Hey, can you tell me
What everybody plans to do
Hey, can you tell me
Where s everybody s going to
[Verse 1]
(improvise a bit with the basic chords during each verse)
They re out there on the street
N.C.
They must be elite
They got shoes I can t afford on their
Quick fast feet
N.C.
They have modified irises
N.C.
Behind opaque lens
They re hiding equipment
Behind barbed wire fences
N.C.
They have somewhere to go
N.C.
They have somewhere to lurk
They have this high-end electronic stuff
I wouldn t know how to work
[Chorus]
Hey, can you tell me
What everybody plans to do
Hey, can you tell me
Where s everybody s going to
[Verse 2]
I m sitting here on my couch
N.C.
My enthusiasm sinking
I don t know where anybody s going
I don t know what they re thinking
N.C.
There seems to be some secret
N.C.
That everybody s onto
But I just don t seem to get it man
Not even if I want to
[Chorus 2]
Hey, can you tell me
What everybody plans to do
[Guitar solo]
[Chorus]
Hey, can you tell me
What everybody plans to do
Hey, can you tell me
Where s everybody s going to
[Verse 3]
I got an upright piano
That is blocking my door
But my fingers don t obey me
So I don t play it anymore
N.C.
I got chains around my ankles
N.C.
That are made out of spaghetti
My newspaper s shredded
Into so much confetti
N.C.
I tried to make sense of it
N.C.
But my eyes start to bleed
Every single page is impossible to read
[Chorus]
Hey, can you tell me
What everybody plans to do
Hey, can you tell me
Where s everybody s going to
[Outro]
Just sittinâ here waitinâ on the weather report
N.C.
(Repeat until fade, improvising with each repeat)
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2. BROKEN SKIN
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Itâs not surprising
That you have all those wounds
They re advertising
The things that you ve been through
It s tantalizing
To psychoanalyze
We re all downsizing
What we do with our lives
[Chorus 1]
There s not enough money
In this whole world
To pay for a break or two
There s not enough armor in a suit of mail
Your broken skin s not black or blue
But damaged just the same
And who does not feel fractured too
Like broken skin
Broken skin
[Instrumental break]
[Verse 2]
The sun s not rising
Upon your burned out shell
Still exercising
The things you don t do well
It s not enterprising
To grapple with the past
You re past surmising
How long the past can last
[Chorus 2]
There s not enough trees
You can hide behind
Not enough walls to climb
Not enough cracks in the paving stones
Your broken skin s not black or blue
But damaged just the same
And who does not feel fractured too
Like broken skin
Broken Skin
[Guitar solo]
[Chorus 1]
There s not enough money
In this whole world
To pay for a break or two
There s not enough armor in a suit of mail
Your broken skin s not black or blue
But damaged just the same
But who does not feel fractured too
Like broken skin
Broken skin
[Outro]
Broken skin
Broken skin
Broken skin
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3. IT S MY PARTY (BUT I WON T CRY)
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
It s my party but I won t cry
It s my funeral but I won t die
It s my fiction but I won t lie
It s my party but I won t cry
[Pre-chorus 1]
I don t have the power to be superman
And I don t have the smarts to understand
Why you walked out and left me for another man
With the cake in the oven
And the meat in the pan
[Verse 2]
It s my party but I won t dance
My feet get tangled I can t take the chance
It s my party but no one s here
They left me chocolate and warm beer
[Pre-chorus 2]
I don t have the strength left to pull a train
I don t have the fortitude to start again
Well you might have left me in a world of pain
But I won t fall apart or go insane
[Chorus]
Itâs my party now
Itâs my party yeah
[Organ/Guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
It is my party but I won t leave
The wound is fatal but I won t grieve
I m not in traction I m not bereaved
It s my party and I won t leave
[Pre-chorus 3]
I don t have the heart to beat myself up
It s a farfetched tale you can t make this stuff up
C#mA
/ / / I know there s jackpots everywhere BC#m
A different face with different hair A
I know there s cherries in a pair B
So I will pull that handle C#mA
(Pull that handle) [x2] C#mA
(Pull that handle)
[Verse 1] A
This room got really weird A
It changed before my eyes A
And then I grew this beard A
A really cheap disguise A
That chandelier that fell A
It wasn t there before A
And now I have to pick A
The pieces from the floor
[Verse 2] A
This street has changed its name A
So many times before A
I looked out yesterday A
And it had changed once more A
The cells I used to have A
Have long since gone to waste A
And in the coming years A
It will all be replaced
[Verse 3] A
This piece of literature A
I m holding in my hands A
The plot just took a turn A
That I don t understand A
This movie makes no sense A
That I ve been sitting through A
The actors disappeared A
Killed off two by two
I lost all my cash EAA7
But things are looking up of late Fm
Now I got my head on straight EAA7
But things are looking up of late Fm
Now I got my head on straight
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10. MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
[Chorus]
/ / / There are more questions than answers C7
Pictures in my mind that will not show
There are more questions than answers Fm
And the more I find out the less I know
Yeah, the more I find out the less I know
[Verse]
I ve asked the question time and time again Fm
Why is there so little of a moment
[Bridge]
But what is life, how do we live C7
What should we take and how much should we give
[Chorus]
There are more questions than answers C7
Pictures in my mind that will not show
There are more questions than answers Fm
And the more I find out the less I know
AF#mA
Well it might get rough in this world for you EA
It won t get any easier I ll tell you true AF#mA
There s hard knocks road blocks coming thru EE7
You gotta grow up tough but keep your head on too
[Chorus 1] A
Sometimes you re gonna need a helping hand AE
Don t worry about it kid I understand A
But you better have a good reason to AE
Don t drag me outta bed unless you really do AF#m
Then I ll turn up in a Cadillac AE
A Chevy or a Honda A
I ll be your first responder F#m
A Pullman train an all terrain AE
A tractor or Hyundai A
I ll be your first responder F#mAE
Whatever it is you won t wait any longer A
For your first responder
F#mA
Well I got nothing better to do with my time EA
Than bail you outta jail or pay your parking fine F#mA
Well my daddy would a done the same for me EE7
I paid him back later cos nothing s free
[Chorus 2]
A
Sometimes you re gonna need a helping hand AE
Don t worry about it boy I understand A
But you better have a good reason to AE
Don t drag me outta bed unless you really do AF#m
Then I ll turn up in a hybrid AE
Or a hummer or a Honda A
I ll be your first responder F#mAE
A wicked Maserati a Kia or Hyundai A
I ll be your first responder F#mAE
Whatever it is you won t wait any longer A
For your first responder
[Bridge]
F#m
But your explanation for this mess F#m
Better not be too weird to confess
Or I ll box your ears till your teeth come loose E
You better have a good excuse EEE7
Ooh, ooh
A
Sometimes you re gonna need a helping hand AE
Don t worry about it kid I understand A
But you better have a good reason to AE
Don t drag me outta bed unless you really do AF#mAE
And don t worry now you won t have to ponder A
Who ll be your first responder F#mAE
I ll cross any distance or the wild blue yonder AE
To be your first responder AE
I ll be your first responder E7A
I ll be your first responder