Belle & Sebastian - Piazza New York Catcheradd

(intro) FF A# FElope with me Miss Private and we’ll sail around the worldGm DmI will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl Gm CHow many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take? Gm CHow many nights of limping round on pagan holidays? A# DmOh, elope with me in private and we’ll set something ablaze Gm C DmA trail for the devil to eraseF A# FSan Francisco’s calling us, the Giants and Mets will playGm DmPiazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay? Gm CWe hung about the stadium, we’ve got no place to stay Gm CWe hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell A#About the saddest book you've ever read DmThat always makes you cry Gm C DmThe statue’s crying too and well he may F A# FI love you I’ve a drowning grip on your adoring face Gm DmI love you, my responsibility has found a place Gm CBeside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words Gm CCome wave upon me from the family wider net absurd A# Dm“You'll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job"Gm C DmMaybe, but not what she deserves F A# FElope with me Miss Private and we’ll drink ourselves awake Gm DmWe’ll taste the coffee houses and award certificates Gm Ca privy seal to keep the feel of 1960 style Gm CWe’ll comment on the decor and we’ll help the passer by A# DmAnd at dusk when work is over we’ll continue the debate Gm C DmIn a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare F A# FThe catcher hits for .318 and catches every day Gm DmThe pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays Gm CHe goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor Gm CHe knows the drink affects his speed he’s praying for a doorway A# DmBack into the life he wants and the confession of the benchGm C DmLife outside the diamond is a wrench F A# FI wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend Gm DmI know it wouldn’t come to love, my heroine pretend Gm CA lady stepping from the songs we love until this day Gm CYou’d settle for an epitaph like “Walk Away, Renee" A# DmThe sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like a flowerGm C DmMeet you at the statue in an hourGm C DmMeet you at the statue in an hour