Belle & Sebastian - Piazza New York Catcheradd

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