Belle & Sebastian - Piazza New York Catcheradd

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