Belle & Sebastian - Piazza New York Catcheradd

(intro) A#A# D# A#Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll sail around the worldCm GmI will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl Cm FHow many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take? Cm FHow many nights of limping round on pagan holidays? D# GmOh, elope with me in private and we’ll set something ablaze Cm F GmA trail for the devil to eraseA# D# A#San Francisco’s calling us, the Giants and Mets will playCm GmPiazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay? Cm FWe hung about the stadium, we’ve got no place to stay Cm FWe hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell D#About the saddest book you've ever read GmThat always makes you cry Cm F GmThe statue’s crying too and well he may A# D# A#I love you I’ve a drowning grip on your adoring face Cm GmI love you, my responsibility has found a place Cm FBeside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words Cm FCome wave upon me from the family wider net absurd D# Gm“You'll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job"Cm F GmMaybe, but not what she deserves A# D# A#Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll drink ourselves awake Cm GmWe’ll taste the coffee houses and award certificates Cm Fa privy seal to keep the feel of 1960 style Cm FWe’ll comment on the decor and we’ll help the passer by D# GmAnd at dusk when work is over we’ll continue the debate Cm F GmIn a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare A# D# A#The catcher hits for .318 and catches every day Cm GmThe pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays Cm FHe goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor Cm FHe knows the drink affects his speed he’s praying for a doorway D# GmBack into the life he wants and the confession of the benchCm F GmLife outside the diamond is a wrench A# D# A#I wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend Cm GmI know it wouldn’t come to love, my heroine pretend Cm FA lady stepping from the songs we love until this day Cm FYou’d settle for an epitaph like “Walk Away, Renee" D# GmThe sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like a flowerCm F GmMeet you at the statue in an hourCm F GmMeet you at the statue in an hour