G
I was holding my breath
         G
When the tightrope walker slipped into the moon glow
       Am               G
Saying all my children, follow me
D                  G
Maybe it's time to go.

           C                 G
You can be cruel when you're wise
           C                G
You can be wise when you're blue
          C    G
And baby, if I have
       C        G
Then I have for you

G                              G
Bribing the jury to keep me in jail
        G                  G
Singing tea for the tiller man
       Am             G
And although I lie fantastically
     Am                G
This woman knows of my history
       D             G
It's a miracle i can see

           C                 G
You can be wrong when you're right
                 C        G
Even when you're right on cue
         C   G
And if I die tonight
       C       G
Then I die for you

      G
All I know is they call me son
      G
Great grandson and grandson
      C                 G
Great uncles aunts and relatives
     C                 G
That judge what I have done

              C        G
Gonna make it right by you
             C     G
Even if it's all I do
            D     G
And if it's all I do
       C         G
Then I do it for you

G
People have raised a whole lotta hell
          G
About the water in the windmill
    C               G
And although I stab chaotically 
   C                G
It hurts no one but me

         C            G
Even the darkness has arms
         C         G
But they ain't got you
          D      G
And baby, I have it
      C         G
And I have you, too

        C            D
And the light in the window
   C              G
To pass the night through
Em       C
Maybe so uncertain
    G          C
But what can I do

           C
Keeping it on
           D
Keeping it on
      C      G
And I know I like it
    D              G
But what does that prove
C                                          G
Sometimes I worry I don't know how to love you

  G
I bring to you with reverent hand
        G
All the books and the lullabies
         C                     G
The kind woman that my passion wore
         D                   G
Like the shoreline wears the tides

          C          G
Maybe the water went dry
           C      G
Keeping an eye on you
            D      G
And with an eye on you
         C        G
It could drown me too

G                                G
People have raised a whole lotta hell
          G            G
About the water in the windmill
    C                  G
And although I stab Quixotically
  Am                  G
I swore an oath on my history
       C             G
It's a miracle i can see


         C            G
Even the darkness has arms
         C         G
But they ain't got you
          D      G
And baby, I have it
      C         G
And I have you, too

        C            D
And the light in the window
   C              G
To pass the night through
Em       C
Maybe so uncertain
    G          C
But what can I do

           C
Keeping it on
           D
Keeping it on
      C      G
And I know I like it
    D              G
But what does that prove
C                                          G
Sometimes I worry I don't know how to love you