[Intro]
A# G# D# 2x
[Verse]
D# G#
When you're lost in the rain in Juarez,
D#
and it's Easter time too
And your gravity fails,
G# D#
and negativity don't pull you through
G#
Don't put on any airs,
D#
when you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue
A#
They got some hungry women there,
G# D#
and they really make a mess outa you.
[Verse]
Now if you see Saint Annie,
G# D#
please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move,
G# D#
my fingers are all in a knot
G#
I don't have the strength,
D#
to get up and take another shot
A#
And my best friend, my doctor,
G# D#
won't even say what it is I've got.
[Verse]
Sweet Melinda,
G# D#
the peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English,
G# D#
and she invites you up into her room
G#
And you're so kind,
D#
and careful not to go to her too soon
A#
And she takes your voice,
G# D#
and leaves you howling at the moon.
[Verse]
Up on Housing Project Hill,
G# D#
it's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other,
G# D#
though neither of them are to be what they claim
G#
If you're lookin' to get silly,
D#
you better go back to from where you came
A#
Because the cops don't need you,
G# D#
and man they expect the same.
[Verse]
Now all the authorities,
G# D#
they just stand around and boast
G#
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms,
D#
into leaving his post
G#
And picking up Angel who,
D#
just arrived here from the coast
A#
Who looked so fine at first,
G# D#
but left looking just like a ghost.
[Interlude]
D# G# 3x
D# A# G# D#
[Verse]
I started out on burgundy,
G# D#
but soon hit the harder stuff
G#
Everybody said they'd stand behind me,
D#
when the game got rough
G#
But the joke was on me,
D#
there was nobody even there to bluff
A#
I'm going back to New York City,
G# D#
I do believe I've had enough.
[Outro]
A# G# D# 4x
[Intro]
A# G# D# 2x
[Verse]
D# When you're lost in
G#
the rain in Juarez,
D#
and it's Easter time too
And your gravity fails,
G# and negativity don't
D#
pull you through
G#
Don't put on any airs,
when you're down
D#
on Rue Morgue Avenue
A#
They got some hungry women there,
G# and they really make
D#
a mess outa you.
[Verse]
Now if you see Saint Annie,
G# D#
please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move,
G# D#
my fingers are all in a knot
G#
I don't have the strength,
D#
to get up and take another shot
A#
And my best friend, my doctor,
G# won't even say what
D#
it is I've got.
[Verse]
Sweet Melinda,
G# the peasants call her
D#
the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English,
G# and she invites
D#
you up into her room
G#
And you're so kind,
and careful not to
D#
go to her too soon
A#
And she takes your voice,
G# and leaves you howling
D#
at the moon.
[Verse]
Up on Housing Project Hill,
G# D#
it's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other,
G# though neither of them
D#
are to be what they claim
G#
If you're lookin' to get silly,
you better go back
D#
to from where you came
A#
Because the cops don't need you,
G# D#
and man they expect the same.
[Verse]
Now all the authorities,
G# D#
they just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed
G#
the sergeant-at-arms,
D#
into leaving his post
G#
And picking up Angel who,
D#
just arrived here from the coast
A#
Who looked so fine at first,
G# but left looking
D#
just like a ghost.
[Interlude]
D# G# 3x
D# A# G# D#
[Verse]
I started out on burgundy,
G# D#
but soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said they'd
G#
stand behind me,
D#
when the game got rough
G#
But the joke was on me,
there was nobody
D#
even there to bluff
A#
I'm going back to New York City,
G# D#
I do believe I've had enough.
[Outro]
A# G# D# 4x