Sympathetic Smile

A C G D an open window shows the starshine - well up there A C G D i clear my throat to hear some sound A C G D think of falling out into the open air A C G D blue - black sky and cold familiar ground A C G D something always pulls me back A C G D something always pulls me back A C G D something always seems to come along A C G D despite the , despite the Em C blow up dolls of superheroes G D sad sound bits in lives Em C these crowded streets of empty faces G D loneliness and lies Em G D C i’m waiting for some sympathetic smile Em G D C i’m confident it’s just another mile A C G D . . . . stay up thirty hours waiting for a sign stilted sunlight pulled through old venetian blind lost cause , a pregnant pause , a shiver when i wake to persevere , it’s wearing thin through all the noise i make