D G so this is the new year D G and I don't feel any different D G the clanking of crystal D G Bm G Bm G explosions off in the distance (in the distance) D G so this is the new year D G and I have no resolutions D G for self-assigned penance D G for problems with easy solutions D G so everybody put your best suit or dress on Bm D let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once G lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn Bm D as thirty dialogues bleed into one G I wish the world was flat like the old days Bm D then I could travel just by folding a map G no more airplanes, or speed trains, or freeways Bm D there'd be no distance that can hold us back G Bm D G there'd be no distance that could hold us back Bm D G there'd be no distance that could hold us back Bm D G there'd be no distance that could hold us back A D G so this is the new year (x4)