Intro: D D Em A7 (x2)
D
And so the story goes they wore the clothes
D Em A
They said the things to make it seem improbable
D D Em A7
The whale of a lie like they hope it was
D
And the Goodmen of Tomorrow
D
Had their feet in the wallow
Em
And their heads of Brawn, were nicer shorn
A D D
And how they bought their positions with saccharin and trust.
Em A D D
The world was asleep to our latent fuss.
Em
Sighing the swirl through the streets
A
Like the crust of the sun
Bm
The Bewlay Brothers
A
in our Wings that Bark
G
Flashing teeth of Brass
F#
Standing tall in the dark
A11 A
Oh, We were Gone-----
G
Hanging out with your Dwarf Men
G/F# Em
We were so turned on
C
By your lack of Conclusions
D D Em A7
D
I was Stone and he was Wax
D Em A
So he could scream and still relax, unbelievable
D Em A
And we frightened the small children away
D
And our talk was old and dust would flow
D
Thru our veins and Lo! it was midnight
Em
Back o' the kitchen door
A D D
Like the grim face on the Cathedral floor
Em
And the solid book we wrote
A D
Cannot be found today
Em A
And it was stalking time for the Moonboys
Bm
The Bewlay Brothers
A
With our backs on the arch
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G
In the Devil-may-be-here
F#
But He can't sing above that
A
Oh, We were Gone
G
Real Cool Traders
G/F# Em
We were so Turned On
C
You thought we were Fakers
D D Em A7
D
Now the dress is hung, the ticket pawned
D Em A
the Factor Max that proved the fact is melted down,
D D Em A
And woven on the edging of my pillow
D
Now my Brother lays upon the Rocks
D
He could be dead. He could be not,
Em
He could be You.
A D D
He's Camelian, comedian Corinthian and Caricature
Em A D D
"Shooting-up Pie-in-the-Sky" The Bewlay Brothers
Em A
In the feeble and the Bad
Bm
The Bewlay Brothers
A
In the Blessed and Cold
G
In the Crutch-hungry dark
F#
Was where we flayed our Mark
A
Oh, We were Gone
G
Kings of Oblivion
G/F# Em
We were so Turned On
C
In the Mind-Warp Pavilion
Bm C
Lay me Place and bake me Pie
F Bm
I'm starving for me Gravy
Bm C
Leave my shoes, and door unlocked
F Bm
I might just slip away
F
Just for the Day, Hey!
Bm
Please come Away, Hey!
(Repeat Last 2 Lines Into Fade)
