Intro: E A B7 F#m E A When she said E A E Don't waste your words they're just lies A E A I cried she was deaf E A E A E And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes A E A Then said What else you got left B7 It was then that I got up to leave F#m But she said Don't forget E A E Everybody must give something back A E A For something they get E A I stood there and hummed E A E I tapped on her drum and asked her how come A E A And she buttoned her boot E A E AE And straightened her suit A E A Then she said Don't get cute F#m So I forced my hands in my pockets E A E And felt with my thumbs E A E And gallantly handed her A E A My very last piece of gum E A She threw me outside E A E I stood in the dirt where ev'ryone walked A E A And after finding I'd E A E A E Forgotten my shirt A E A I went back and knocked B7 I waited in the hallway she went to get it F#m And I tried to make sense E A E Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair A EA That leaned up against E A Her Jamaican rum E A E And when she did come I asked her for some A E A She said No dear E A E A E I said Your words aren't clear A E A You'd better spit out your gum B7 She screamed till her face got so red F#m Then she fell on the floor E A E And I covered her up and then A E A Thought I'd go look through her drawer E A And when I was through E A E I filled up my shoe A E A And brought it to you E A E A E And you you took me in A E A You loved me then B7 You didn't waste time F#m And I I never took much E A E I never asked for your crutch A E A Now don't ask for mine