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Key: E
Verse 1:
E A
Each time we try to have a movie date dear
B E
Each time we try to watch some kind of flick
E A
It's hardly half an hour that I wait, dear
B E
Before your tired head drops like a brick
Verse 2:
E A
Does Bill Murray's Day repeat forever?
B E
Does Humphrey Bogart ever find the gold?
E A
Will Annie Hall and Woody stay together?
B E
I learn all these things myself while you're out cold
Chorus:
E A
Because that head starts swinging with that same old motion
B E
And it's hardly even half past nine o'clock
E A
Soon you're bobbing far away out on thе ocean
B E
And I'm left lonely watching moviеs on the dock
Verse 3:
E A
To feel my loved one's head rest on my shoulder
B E
Can be a cozy feeling to be sure
E A
But only when we're sharing feeling closer
B E
Not when you've slipped a million miles from shore
Verse 4:
E A
Why must your head turn mighty as an anvil?
B E
When movie watching hour comes around
E A
It just becomes so heavy and substantial
B E
It rolls and rolls and then it crashes down
Chorus:
E A
'Cause that head starts swinging with that same old motion
B E
And it's hardly even half past nine o'clock
E A
Soon you're bobbing far away out on the ocean
B E
And I'm left lonely watching movies on the dock
Verse 5:
E A
It used to be we'd rarely get through movies
B E
'Cause loving passion swept away our patience
E A
Epics or shorts, we still couldn't get through these
B E
We'd miss the end, whatever their durations
Verse 6:
E A
Till with more time spent at work and less for kisses
B E
I thought at least we'd now watch movies till the end
E A
But sad to say, that's still the part she misses
B E
I guess we wouldn't even get through them just as friends
Verse 7:
E A
We love to be together, that's for certain
B E
There's deep communication in our hearts
E A
But when each morning we discuss Hitchcock or Bergman
B E
We only talk about the way each movie starts
Chorus:
E A
'Cause that head starts swinging with that same old motion
B E
And it's hardly even half past nine o'clock
E A
Soon you're bobbing far away out on the ocean
B E
And I'm left lonely watching movies on the dock
Song History
Published: March 3, 2026
Last Updated: March 3, 2026