Song: lOoK aT Me
Album: bLue BellY sKy
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Lyrics by Brad Olsen
©1995 Bird Belly Music
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[intro]
D A D A D A Bm E
D A D A D A Bm E
[verse 1]
D A D A
Golden bars of sunlight come sneaking through the shutters
D A Bm E
Laying stripes on my back like a zebra.
D A D
Sweaty fingers turning pages, and clinging to the bed
A D A Bm E
Like it's a bride and I never want to leave her.
D A D A
Paul calls me a saint and the mattress shakes with laughter
D A Bm E
And the sheets let out a chuckle while the pillow holds one in.
D A D A
I don't believe a word I read, but the man is so convincing
D A Bm E
Says You're calling me a winner of a game I never win.
[pre-chorus]
F#m C#m
But with every word I read I feel Your eyes upon me
E
And I don't mind at all.
[chorus]
D A D A
I love the way You look at me, the way You steer Your eyes
D A Bm E
To see the bride beneath the harlot's skin, the virtue underneath
the sin.
D A D Bm E D A
I love the way You look at me, when You lift the veil and You
repeat Your vow.
D A D A Bm E
[verse 2]
Get up for the shower, wash, and scrub, and scour every part
As if a cleaner man could better bear the shame.
Now, move out into the sunlight, a frightened fool
There's reason for my fright, for I'm a messenger who's
forgetting why he came.
[repeat pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus ]
[bridge]
F#m D
For when you look at me, You see every drop of blood You spent.
C#m F#m
Like the color that comes creeping to my face.
D E D A
It is such sweet embarrassment to see the dowry that You paid for
my cold embrace.
D A D A Bm E
But I'll never, never, never let you go because...
[repeat chorus]
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transcribed by domenic santangelo - santangelo@fam.net