E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B|------0-------0-------0-------0----|------0-------0-------0-------0----| G|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| D|-----------------------------------|--2-------7-------4-------9--------| A|--5-------7-------2-------3--------|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| B|------0-------0-------0-------0----|------0-------0-------0-------0----| G|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| A|--5-------5-------5-------5--------|--7-------7-------2-------3--------| E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| Lyrics: Birds are singing in the alder trees Another day is dawning Don't let me get any older please I'm so sick and tired of mourning What has passed and what could've been What can't be changed or attained I've been taking all my medicine But I'm still crazy and in pain
I sing songs to forget, to remember But I can't hold a tune I drink cup-a-soup for breakfast Cause I don't have any spoons The trees are naked in the cold air But clinging to their catkins and cones I can't hold nests upon my shoulders I don't know how to keep a home So I incubate all my anxieties Hatch and mother my new fears Regard my ugly children with a piety Once reserved for deities held dear Supplicate my mind for sanity It usually ignores my prayers I've never been one for prophecy