Neutral Milk Hotel - Song Against Sex Chords

[Intro]
(studio chatter and noises)
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[Verse 1]
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And the first one tore a picture
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Of a dead and hanging man
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Who was kissing foreign fishes
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That flew right out from this hands
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And when I put my arms around him
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I felt the blushing blood run through my cheeks
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And an eeriness surrounded
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When his tongue began to speak
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And he said "Oh boy you are so pretty"
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"Enough to wrap tight in rice-paper string",
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And when I finally kissed him
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The whole world began to ring
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Lost like a bell that's tipping over
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With two cracks along both sides
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And I knew the world was over
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So I took a look outside
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And watched the fires that were reaching
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Up to the weather vane and the tops of trees
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And the waiting scene and the Sunday dream
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They're all waiting here for me

[Instrumental]
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Horn part (this repeats through verses 2 and 3)
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[Verse 2]
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Deli markets with their flower stands
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And pretty girls and the burning men
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Hanging out on the hooks next to the window displays
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And I took out my tongue twice removed from my face
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Across a bridge and across the mountains
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Threw a nickel in a fountain
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To save my soul from all these troubled times
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And all the drugs that I don't have the guts to take
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To soothe my mind so I'm always sober
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Always aching,
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Always heading towards,
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My suicide, occult figurines
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And wasted gas-station attendants
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Attending to their jobs
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And a nice drive in the country
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Finds a nice cliff to drop off
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Oh when this life just gets so grating
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All the grittiness of life
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But don't take those pills your boyfriend gave you
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You're too wonderful to die

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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And the last one tore a picture
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From the pornographic page
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When all the pleasure points attacking
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All the looks of love were staged
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And it's a lie that you've been given
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That just hurts you every day
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So why should I lay here naked
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When it's just too far away
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From anything we could call loving
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Any love worth living for
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So I'll sleep out in the gutter
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You can sleep here on the floor
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And when I wake up in the morning
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I won't forget to lock the door
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Because with a match that's mean and some gasoline
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You won't see me anymore

[Outro]
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