Random Rules

(originally by Silver Jews) [Verse 1] F Am Bb F In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection F Am Bb F Slowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction F Am Bb F Broken and smokin' where the infrared deer plunge in the digital snake F Am Bb F I tell you, they make it so you can't shake hands when they make your hands shake Chorus Gm Bb I know you like to line dance Gm Bb Everything so democratic and cool Gm Bb F But, baby, there's no guidance when random rules [Verse 2] F Am Bb F I know that a lot of what I say has been lifted off of men's room walls F Am Bb F Well, maybe I've crossed the wrong rivers and walked down all the wrong halls F Am Bb F But nothing can change the fact that we used to share a bed F Am Bb F That's why it scared me so when you turned to me and said: Bridge Gm Bb "Yeah, you look like someone Gm Bb Yeah, you look like someone who up and left me low Gm Bb F Boy, you look like someone I used to know" [Verse 3] F Am Bb F I asked the painter why the roads are colored black F Am He said, "Steve, it's because people leave Bb F And no highway will bring them back" F Am Bb F So if you don't want me, I promise not to linger F Am Bb F But before I go, I've gotta ask you, dear, about that tan line on your ring finger Outro Gm Bb No one should have two lives Gm Bb Now you know my middle names are Wrong and Right Gm Bb F Honey, we've got two lives to give tonight F To give tonight Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh