C, C7, Am, G x2   C                          C7 I saw you in the park, reading books                      Am On How to start a relationship;                       G When you find someone new.        C Nearly bit off my tongue           C7                            Am Trying to hold the words from coming out wrong                   G And disappointing you
           Dm But you go out                    Dm And you leave me mascara                         G  G Hides the shame on your face             Dm What if the wind catches your perfume?             Dm                    G   G Close the shutters of my bedroom in case.            C Would you remember me?             C7 When you're thirty-three,    F                      D As more than just a little fun.            C You see, I don't want to be       C7 Just a memory .        F                      D But I know I'll never be your one.            C            C7 Cause the time, wasn't right,    Am     G    For you and me.       C In my mind           C7       Am It's not quite, the way,                     G You thought it would be.          C Caught a cab For my broken-heart           C7 Gave the driver, my credit card.          Am                                G And said Don't stop till the black turns to dusk.         C Oh the smoke, from your photograph       C7 To inhale or (it ought to pass?)          Am                 G But the whole thing burns to noth (nut?)            Dm But you go out in the evenings    Dm                          G  G Mascara hides the shame on your face              Dm What if the wind catches your perfume?             Dm                     G   G Close the shutters of my bedroom in case.             C Would you remember me?             C7 When you're thirty-three,    F                      D As more than just a little fun.            C You see, I don't want to be       C7 Just a memory       F                      D But I know I'll never be your one.            C            C7 Cause the time, wasn't right,     Am    G For you and me.       C In my mind           C7      Am It's not quite, the way,                   G I thought it would be. C, C7, Am, G x2          C Would you remember me?             C7 When you're thirty-three,    F                      D As more than just a little fun.            C You see, I don't want to be       C7 Just a memory       F                      D But I know I'll never be your one.            C            C7 Cause the time, wasn't right,     Am    G For you and me.       C In my mind           C7      Am It's not quite, the way,                   G I thought it would be.
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