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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Picture [Am]this,
2:30 on the hottest night in June
He [E]awakes for no reas[C]on and checks
his watch by the [E]moon
And [Am]his mouth feels as [E]dry as his
[Am]eye s as he struggles to rise
And [E]stops to contem[Em]plate his wifes
[E]thighs as he does up his flies

[Verse 2]
[Am]He finds his slippers where
he left them under the chair
[E]Be hind the two cups and an old
copy of Marie Claire
And he [Am]switches on the coffee machine
That of course works like a dream
[E]Catches sight of his reflection in

[Verse 3]
the silver surface sheen
[Am]And it's a face he knows well
although it should look less abused
[E]With all these moisturizers and the skin
products he's used
As he moves through the [Am]kit chen,
his homage to brushed steel
Across [E]the new pine floorin'
[Am]that's plastic but looks real

[Verse 4]
Past [Am]the plasma with the wide screen
And the cinema surround sound
And he [G#aug]stops on his favorite spot
by [E]the window and looks [G#aug]down
On [Am]the orange lit street at the edge
of the private car park
Where [G#aug]his Audi TT is waitin' [E]safely
in the [G#aug]dark
[Am][G#aug]

[Verse 5]
[Am]Keepin' it all in[E]side of [G#aug]you
[Am]Somethin' will have to [G#aug]give[E][G#aug]
[Am]And if you could you'll [Eaug]take it bac[G#aug]k
But [Am]you lose your way in the way

[Interlude 1]
you live
[G#aug][Am]
[E][Am]
[E]

[Verse 6]
Now he can hear [Am]wind chimes tinklin'
out on the balcony
And his phone [E]beepin' out a text
message in the same key
[Am]He checks it and it?s Jill who used
to be his secretary
Before they [E]started an affair and things

[Verse 7]
began to get really scary
[Am]Now his wife Mary
is gettin' weary of his lies
[E]Like she's read the whole
sordid story in his eyes
[Am]It doesn't help that Jill?s now sayin'
that she's two weeks [E]late
His mental state is really

[Verse 8]
startin' to deteriorate
[Am]He never knew how he
got so out of his depth
Or [E]why he's broken more
than all these promises kept
And it?s been [Am]ages since
he slept properly
His sleeps now [E]broken by these dreams

[Verse 9]
of extra- marital activity
[Am]Tryin' to recapture the rapture
he used to get
From his ma[E]terial possessions and endless
retail therapy session[Am]s
Shoulda listened to what
his dad said before he died
[E]?The best things in life are the one[Am]s you can't buy[E],

[Verse 10]
son?
[Am]Keepin' it all in[E]side of [G#aug]you
[Am]Somethin' will have to [G#aug]give[E][G#aug]
[Am]Wish you could buy a [E]ticket [Eaug]back
But [Am]you lose your way in the way
you [E]live[G#aug][E]

[Verse 11]
He used to [Am]feel so safe up
here in his shrine to IKEA
Away [G#aug]from the shouts and the louts
and the [E]girls
With the over painted pouts
And the queer[Am]s and the dykes and the kids
in their box fresh Nik[E]es
Deliverin' rocks to the
house across the street
On rusty mountain bikes
[Am][G#aug][E]
[Am]

[Verse 12]
[E]
[G#aug]He used to feel so s[Am]afe up here
in his shrine to IKEA
Away from the [E]shouts and the
louts and the girls
With the over painted pouts
And [Am]the queers and the dykes and the kids
in their box fresh Nikes
[E]Deliverin' rocks to the house
across the street
On rusty mountain [G#aug]bikes

[Outro 1]
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