khawaga
I called a girlfriend once, cause I felt terribly lonesome. I invited her for dinner, and made the best I could. She said "I'll be there". She never came. I ate the entrecôte myself, sipped the wine and forgot about her both as a friend or whatever I was dreaming of. The beef tasted good though, and the chandeliers I lit gave some inspiration to these lines of confusion. I'm not proud of them. I stole "grapes upon the vine" from Cohen, and about the "mantle and the core" you are free to discuss; I leave it on the snow. I was missing something essential, that's all.
I told her get a cab and come over
can't be so hard to catch one right now
no need for crimson and clover
and shields will not matter anyhow
but the taxi never came
and the cars went all the same
they came quite near and shifted gear
and just went down the lane
ain't got no grapes upon the vine no more
ain't got no mantle for the core
I called her up for reminding
to tell her simply that I'm still alive
I couldn't stand the deciding
that she just was drifting with the tide
but the telephone was dead
and some distant voices said
"you sucker boy • a worn out toy
gotta save yourself instead"
ain't got no grapes upon the vine no more
ain't got no mantle for the core
I brushed my teeth and combed my hair
the table covered with a linen cloth
chandeliers lighting everywhere
an oven smelling delicate stuff
but she never saw the scene
and the crystal lost the sheene
just a jerk will make a motor work
without the gasolene
ain't got no grapes upon the vine no more
ain't got no mantle for the core
I kept me sober for a long time
to be concious when we finally met
finding back to the old rhyme
hoping for a game and match and set
but the spinning wheel just slowed
and I couldn't take the load
so I bought some wine getta feeling fine
and I'm still back on the road
ain't got no grapes upon the vine no more
ain't got no mantle for the core
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G Gmaj7 Cadd9 I told her get a cab and come over G Am D7 can't be so hard to catch one right now G G/F# Cadd9 no need for crimson and clover G C D7 and shields will not matter anyhow G but the taxi never came Gmaj7 and the cars went all the same Bm Ddim7 they came quite near and shifted gear C Gdim7 D7 and just went down the lane G Gmaj7 Cadd9 ain't got no grapes upon the vine no more C D7 G ain't got no mantle for the core
