-2  -2   2    -3”   3  3  2

I'll be the grapes fermented,

-3” 3    3    3     2    2  -3” 3  3  2   2 2 -1    1

Bottled and served with the table set in my finest suit

 1   1  1 -1    -1 1 1

Like a perfect gentlemen

-2   -2  2  -3”   3 3     2    -3” 3  3   2  -3” 3    3 

I'll be the fire escape that's bolted to the ancient brick

 2     2   -1   1   1    1 1 -1     1    1

Where you will sit and contemplate your day

-2   -2  2  -3” 3 3     2    -3”  3  3   2    2    -3”  3

I'll be the waterwings that save you if you start drowning

3  2  2 -1  1   1    1     1  -1    -1  1    1

In an open tab when your judgment's on the brink

-2   -2  2  -3” 3 3     2    -3”   3    3   2

I'll be the phonograph that plays your favorite

-3” 3    3  2    2     2 -1   1    1 -1     -1  1   -1

Albums back as you're lying there drifting off to sleep...

-2  -2   2   -3” 3    3

I'll be the platform shoes,

2 -3” 3    3 3 3 2    -3” 3   3

undo what heredity's done to you

 2   2     2   -1   1    1   1  -1 -1 -2  2

You won't have to strain to look into my eyes

-2  -2    2  -3” 3    3

I'll be your winter coat,

-3”  3    3    3       2    -3”  3    3   

buttoned and zipped straight to the throat

 2    2   2 -1  1   1  1   -1    -1   1  1

With the collar up so you won't catch a cold

-3” 4    4   4  -4  -4   4    4   4 -3” 4   -4   -4

 I want to take you far from the cynics in this town

 4   4    4  -5  5   -3”

And kiss you on the mouth

  4    4  -3”  4 -4   -4   4    4   4 -3”  4   -4    -4

We'll cut our bodies free from the tethers of this scene,

  4   4   4    4  -5 5 -4

Start a brand new colony

  4    4 -3” 4    -4    -4

Where everything will change,

 4     4    -3” 4     -4   3     4 4 4 -5   5 -3”

We'll give ourselves new names, identities erased

 4   4   -3”  4    -4   -4

The sun will heat the grounds

4 -3”  4   -4   4   4   4    4     4  -5 5 -4

Under our bare feet in this brand new colony

-3    -3   -3  -3 4 -3”

This brand new colony

6  5  5     -4    3      4   -3   4   -3”

Everything will change, ooh ooh, ooh ooh (x3)