Lotus Eater Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][D][C]
[Em][C]
[D]I

[Verse 1]
[Em]can't
bring you love,
can't bring you peace,
I can't bring you [D]in ner vis[Em]ions
[C]I can't help you fly or
take you home
or bring you to submis[D]sion
[Em]I can't give you wine,
I can't bring you sin
in the talk of higher tables
[C]I can't show you Rome,
I can't free the twins to
walk in gar[D]land fables
[Em]I can't speak in tongues,
I can't find you worlds,
I can't guarantee the mission
[C]I can't set you stones,
I can't sew you silk,
I can't dry your ammunition
[Em]I can't tame the reef,
I can't train the tides to form silver water
[C]I can't ride the winds of night
and harness to a thousand horses
[G]But I brave the boot[C]leggers,
but [D]there's a [Em]line
[G]I distress the danc[C]ing girls
with [D]civilized [G]chants
I've traveled si[C]lently a [D]thousand [Em]miles
[G]But this secret jeal[C]ousy
won't [D]leave me behind
[G]I c[Em]an't see the light
to leave the line
and be a lotus eater
[C]I can't tell the black
strap on molasses
tastes to me the sweeter
[Em]I can't leave the lighthouse road,
the highball, or the vale of coral
[C]I can't trade the secrets of the sultans
for a safe tomorrow
[G]But I brave [C]the brute like ice
for the [D]dance of [Em]ice
[G]I distress the danc[C]ing girls
with [D]civilized [G]chants
I've traveled si[C]lently a
[D]thousands of [Em]miles
[G]This secret jeal[C]ousy
won't [D]leave me behind
[G]You know I wan[C]t you
[G]and I'm [D]willing to [Em]try
[G]I've been out of [C]seed
and [G]yes, it's [D]silver an[Em]d died
[G]We take the [C]great wide [G]way
and [D]sell it and it's time, oh [C]no[G]
[Bb]I can't bring you love,
can't bring you peace
[C]I'll bring you the[Em] inhibition[C][Em][C]
[Em]I can't tame the reef,
I can't train the tides to fall as silver water
[C]I can't ride the winds of night
and harness two hundred
thousand horses
[Em]I can't show you Rome,
I can't free the twins to
walk in garland fables
[C]I can't bring you wine,
I can't bring you sin
And the talk of higher tables
[Em]So b[G]ring on the bootlegg[C]ers,
the [D]vans of [Em]lies
[G]I distress the danc[C]ing girls
with [D]sibilant [G]jokes
I travel [C]silent here, [D]thousands [Em]of miles
[G]But this blood -red [C]heresy
won't [D]leave me behind
[G]You know I wan[C]t you
[G]and I'm [D]willing to [Em]try
[G]I've been on the [C]scene in [G]this
and [D]seven [Em]in that
[G]We'll take the [C]green -white [G]way
in [D]seven days' [Em]time, oh [C]no[G][Em][C]
[Bb]I can't bring you love,
can't bring you peace
[C]I'll bring you int[Em]ervention
You know I [C]try, try, try
Well, you know I [Em]try
You know I [C]try
[Em]I can't tame the rain
I can't [C]curb the tide
I can [Em]ride the [C]wind
I can't speak [Em]at all,
I can't find [C]a new word
I can't set [Em]you stone,
I can't soothe [C]your sad

[Outro 1]
You
[C][Em]