sing: (eMaj)   G# E G# B A G# |  A G# F# E | 

you try to be smooth and so debonair
with your middle aged body, your soft, greying hair
you mingle well, 'til she's standing there
and you're speechless and flustered
and boyish and game
and you're lost in your head repeating her name
you dream of pillows and milky way nights
C(bar@8)     sus2 (bar@7)
and you're smitten and daring and wistful tonight

but O youth! you cry and you swear,
it is wasted on youth
with their devil-may-care
they are lovely and lithe
and fresh faced and pretty
with willowy arms
hold pink hello kitty
sleeping bag fantasies
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and marshmallow fires
and tangerine kisses
lip-glossy desires
fumbles and misses

her summer vacation
you sweep her away
and you live for the moment
if only today
and here, in this moment
live life over forever
and she's off to college
and your mind whispers Never!
could you hip her to Hendrix
and teach her from Nietzsche
and you feel like her daddy
and you feel her need she 
goes off to change into jeans she 
goes off to leave you still reaching
for something to say
that would beg her to stay
just an hour by the tree she
goes off to leave you alone with your need she
goes off you dream as you stand in your shoes
and your sensible slacks
that have nothing to do 
with the bell bottomed jeans 
that you wore in your youth
in your lingering moment to tell her your truth
and your undieing love, for the next day or two 
'til you slump to your notebook
and write till you're through
your obsession your dream
your dwindling days
your middle aged madness
your foggy eyed daze
and your soft, greying hair
but O youth! you cry and you swear,
you mingle well
till she's standing there.


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x  x    x
13 12   11   8  7
12 11   12   9  7
11 10   10   7  x
12 12   12   9  8



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12-0-11-13-12-0

0-11-13-11-12-0

intro:
12-11-9-11-x-x
11-12-9-11-x-x
verse:
12-11-9-11-x-x
11-12-9-11-x-x
10-12-9-11-x-x
9-12-9-9-9-9 
8-x-7-7-8-x
8-x-7-9-8-x
12-x-11-13-12-0
12-x-13-11-12-0
12-x-11-13-12-0
12-x-13-11-12-0
0--0-11-13--0-0
0--0-13-11--0-0
0--0-11-13--0-0
0--0-13-11--0-0
0--0-11--9--0-0
0--0-13-11--0-0

chorus x2:
0-7-9-9-0-0
0-6-9-9-7-0
x-5-7-7-5-5    Dsus2 (no bottom A)
0-4-7-7-0-0

8-10-10-9-8-8  C
7-7-9-9-7-7    Esus2
8-10-10-9-8-8
7-7-9-9-7-7
5-5-7-7-5-5    Dsus2
3-3-5-5-3-3    Csus2
2-2-4-4-2-2    Bsus2
3-3-5-5-3-3
2-2-4-4-2-2
3-3-5-5-3-3
2-2-4-4-2-2    
0-0-2-2-0-0    Asus2

chorus[open version] x2
0-2-2-1-0-0    E
0-0-0-4-0-2    
x-0-4-2-3-0    D add9
0-7-7-6-0-5    A add9

0-0-11-13-0-0  A maj7
0-0-13-11-0-0  B7 add11
0-0-11-13-0-0
0-0-13-11-0-0
0-0-11--9-0-0
0-0-13-11-0-0

chorus x2:
0-7-9-9-0-0
0-6-9-9-7-0
x-5-7-7-5-5
0-4-7-7-0-0

8-10-10-9-8-8  C
7-7-9-9-7-7    Esus2
8-10-10-9-8-8
7-7-9-9-7-7
5-5-7-7-5-5    Dsus2
3-3-5-5-3-3    Csus2
2-2-4-4-2-2    Bsus2
3-3-5-5-3-3
2-2-4-4-2-2
3-3-5-5-3-3
2-2-4-4-2-2    
0-0-2-2-0-0    Asus2