One headlight (1997)
C ~
+ F - C - E - Am - G (2x)
F C
1. So
long ago I don't remember when,
E Am - G
that's
when they say I lost my only friend.
F C
They said she died easy of a
broken heart disease,
E Am - G
as I
listened through the cemetary trees. + F - C - E - Am - G
F C
I seen the sun coming up at
the funeral at dawn,
E Am - G
the
long broken arm of human law.
F C
It always seemed such a waste, she always had a pretty face,
E Am - G - F - E
I wondered why she hung around
this place. Hey, hey !
F - C
Come on try a little, nothing is forever,
Dm G
there's got to be
something better than in the middle.
F - C
Me
and Cinderella put it all together
Dm - G F
we can drive it ho.....me, with
one headlight.
+ F - C - E - Am - G
F C
2. She said, it’s cold, it feels like Independence Day,
E Am - G
and I
can't break away from this parade.
F C
But there's got to be an
opening, somewhere here in front of me,
E Am - G
through
this maze of ugliness and greed.
F C
I seen the sign up ahead at
the county line bridge,
E Am - G
saying
all is good and nothingness is dead.
F C
Runnin'
till she's out of breath, she ran until there's nothing left,
E Am -
G - F - E
she
hit the end, it’s just her window ledge. Hey, hey !
F - C
Come on try a little, nothing is forever,
Dm G
there's
got to be something better than in the middle.
F - C
Me
and Cinderella put it all together
Dm - G F
we can drive it ho.....me, with
one headlight.
+ F - C - E
- Am - G (2x)
F C
3. This place is old, feels just like a beat up truck,
E Am - G
I turn the engine, but the
engine doesn't turn.
F
It smells of cheap wine and
cigarettes,
C
this
place is always such a mess,
E Am - G
sometimes
I think I'd like to watch it burn.
F C
Now I sit alone, I feel just
like somebody else,
E Am - G
man,
I ain't changed, but I know, I ain't
the same.
F C
But somewhere here, in between
these city walls of dying dreams,
E Am - G
- F - E
I think her death, it must be
killing me. Hey, hey !
+ CHORUS + F - C - Dm - G (4x) ...
(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Wallflowers)