C  C/B*  Am        G        F    C

European Maids, so hard to ignore

C  C/B*   Am        G        F    C

You, me, and the boys, barred from the shore



F                      C

Fresh-faced imbeciles, laughing at me

          F                        C

I've been laughing myself, is that so hard to see? 

     F                         C

Do I have to spell each letter out, honestly!

           F                            C

If there's no room for laughter there's no room for me

Dm              G

For me...



Try looking at you, rather than me 

No truth is in here, it's all fantasy



Since the last time we met I've been through

About seven hundred changes and that's just a few 

And the changes all tend to be something to do

But you've got to believe thaYthey're all done for you 



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F                 Em               Dm           C

You'll think it's tragic when that moment first arrives 

Oh, but it's magic, it's the best years of our lives



Lost now for the words to tell you the truth 

please banter with me the banter of youth 



If I knew how to say it I'd say it for you

If I knew how to whisper I'd whisper, for you

If I knew how to waltz, I'd get up and dance for you 

If I thought I could run I'd come running to you 



I've discovered now how to be fair

This I could teach you if only I dare



The only conclusion I've reached in my life 

Is that if I should die I should die-by the knife 

Since it's only a matter of courage all right

Die a man or a martyr, the two would be nice, so nice 



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