C'EST LA VIE

12 Bar – E (add G/D)

How you coping with the weather
Is it under your skin?
Does your Daddy know
What kind of shit you’re in?
Hold on to the rails it's rough round here
No-one to keep from falling to floor round here
Do you see your reflection
In the Shadow of doubt?
C'est la vie
Blow that candle out

Wouldn’t you rather be at home
Eating your scrambled eggs
Than walking through St. Kilda
On a broken pair of legs?
I’m taking you to a place you know you’ve never been
I’m gonna show you something you never seen
You won’t hear a sound
Don’t you sit and pout
C'est la vie
Blow that candle out

Fatal attractions
Bamboo in your eyes
Send the boys a picture
Say she’s telling you no lies
You gargle my goodness like sour grapes
Better bow to their benefit before the bow breaks
You’re a wet fortnight
A lost girl scout
C'est la vie
Blow that candle out

Don’t you show up
Unannounced anymore
If you do I hope you shut
Your fingers in the door
Dead man’s corner is going round the bend
All the steering wheels are refusing to turn again
I’m too confused
Got to get me out
C'est la vie
Blow that candle out

INSTRUMENTAL -

Better call the Doctor
Cause I think you’re sick
Put down the meat clever
Baby put down the brick
You’re a bluebottle kisser and I’m weak at the knees
Wait a minute, who's clothes are these?
There are things I could do
But I wouldn’t be allowed
C'est la vie
Blow that candle out

Oh I can see the light
I’m watching it burn
To think I thought I'd taken
A bad turn
Oh can’t you see me baby I’m a-comin’ home
Oh and yeah I’m sorry but I’m not alone
There’s a bottle under my jacket
Wanna mess about?
Come lay down
Blow that candle out


Rob Draper © 2009

LUNATICS IN DRESSING GOWNS

C#m / C#m / G# / G#

I may never remember my past
The future may not last
Her taste is in the teacup
And Tinkerbell is so hard to find
Repetition doesn't work
Imperfection is all we're worth
There are floaties and life rafts
For the people who jump in first
The possible results are never less than amazing
The invisible results are always there for the taking
Don't let their ideas violate your ideals
Your fortune is fear
Put your fingers in your ears,
Cause they don't know how you feel.

Can't you feel it growing closer
Don't you know you're growing older
Our intention is a chauffer
If I'm asleep why don't you wake me up.

A / B / F# / A

We're the morning after
The talk around town
We're habitual disasters
Lunatics in dressing gowns.

C#m / C#m / G# / G#

We're inadequate in so many ways
As world nations go
Our collars aren't sitting right
We're walking round every night
Looking for pieces of the puzzle
We're trying to expose
Our lamplights are burning out
The Sermon on the Mount
With a Socrates theme and a Freudian scream
And a corny conga line prose
No quid pro quo
Cause they're gonna tell you what you know.

B / E / F# / F#

BRIDGE:
It's time to speak up again
It's time to speak up again
It's time to speak up again

G#

C#m / C#m / G# / G#

Can't you feel it growing closer
Don't you know you're growing older
Our intention is our chauffer
If I'm asleep why don't you wake me up

A / B / F# / A

We're the morning after
We're the talk around town
We are habitual disasters
Lunatics in dressing gowns.





Rob Draper © 2009

I'LL KEEP IT WITH MINE

This weight I can’t lift it
I’ve been so confused
And tonight I can’t take it
I’m still missing you
I’m locked in a circle
With the crazy fools
I’ve seen in your eyes
You’re saying goodbye
I’ll keep it with mine

I deny in the day
What I may not at night
So I fell down praying
When you were sayin’ goodbye
Your clothes on the floor
Your back to the door
If you lose the time
Baby don’t mind
I’ll keep it with mine

Something more than you
Came out of a deeper blue
What changed in your eyes
Came as such a surprise

Can you keep a secret?
What’s really mine
No please don’t reveal it
How I couldn't stop crying
Shipwrecks were waiting
The scary kind
Your love has gone cold
That happens sometimes
I’ll keep it with mine
Your love has gone cold
That happens sometimes
I’ll keep it with mine


Rob Draper © 2009