Palisades Park

CAPO 4 Intro - Piano & Horn --------------------- EADE A E (X2) A E Somebody screamed and all of Jim Jeffries' dreams D Explode into a black fist, he falls to the floor A E He stares up at the sky and he may wish he knew why D But you can't go back there no more F# Future sounds so crazy E We've all heard that song before F# Tomorrow's the name we change from yesterday to blame E When the train just don't stop here anymore A E I got starry-eyed on the coaster ride D Andy says, "man I need a break from the world outside" A E These days my life just careens through a pinball machine D I could do so much better but I can't get off the tilt F# And there's a photograph on the TV E Black and white and Andy says something to you F# Jack Johnson straddling Reno, Nevada like E She says, "I forget myself sometimes too" F# Out past the doorways where we are sleeping B Well, the white queens creep And the Tom cats peep Chorus ------ A Now I'm not breaking, B The train's just shaking, E A I never made it here before, A B There's a white mouse spinning the girls around, E A 'Til they can't take it anymore A I used to dream in the dark B of Palisades park E Up over the cliffs and A down among the sparks A It's a long life B Full of long nights E B A But it was not what I was waiting for D C# F# Everybody's seen the horses diving down the shore C# F# It's a miracle they don't make them anymore. E So make up ladies, wake up baby A E You walked into the bar like some Saturday star D Stud-straight on spiked heels and needles and nerves, A E You're a down town pride, fully amplified Clyde, D Gin-tight and aging but well-preserved, F# Remember Andy outside your bedroom window, E Saying "come on, let's drive across to the Palisades" F# Keep going 'til we hit Reno, Nevada E I don't see Andy all that much these days, F# Still there are pages in back, Of the action stacks B Where, the white queens creep And the Tom cats peep and... A Now the trains not braking, B The track's just shaking, E A I never made it here before, A B And there's a sky rocket turning the world around, E A 'Til I can't take it anymore A You can carry that spark B from Palisades park E A Down over the cliffs and out into the dark A It's a long life B Full of long nights E B A But it was not what I was looking for D C# F# Everybody dreams of horses flying round the shore C# F# It's a bad dream we're not having anymore E Man, F# Have you seen Andy? E Hey man hey man! F# Have you seen him around? E Hey man! F# Have you seen my my my my my my my Andy? E Have you seen him? x 4 Hey! F# Have you seen Andy around? E Dressed up in our pirate best F# All leathers and feather and pearls B Andy said, "look at me man, I'm cooking these hands could E Finger up this whole world" B He said, "come outside Bsus2 Climb out your bedroom window A E Shimmy down the fire escape and say good-bye B Come outside" F# Andy says, "I'm dressed up just like Edie E Changing all the time my leopard spots to polka dots and say good-bye B Come outside F# Well maybe we could move to California A E Just meet me at the subway and say good-bye B Come outside F# The cops all think we're crazy A If you stay you'll just get married E To a girl who'll never know you and then say good-bye E Hey man, have you seen Andy? F# I lost her in the sun A I was high as a kite on lovely and white E Man, you could lose anyone E Hey hey man, have you seen Andy? F# I don't know where she's gone A But real love outlives teenage lust E We could get wet and it keeps us warm B Love is like angel dust Lovely sometimes changes us E ...sometimes not B Have you bee aching to trust or just...? F# Have you been waking yourself with lust...? A F# Have you been making us up or just taking us home? E It's a long wait A E At a long light A E Cars frozen in flight A E All the traffic stops to stare F# At a crosswalk in Reno, Nevada A Wearing nothing but air F# And a pair of grey paper wings A Andy thinks, "man, I have got nothing to wear" F# We got nothing new and A We got nothing to wear A We got nothing to wear A E We got nothing to wear