Weakness

Words and Music Copyright 2000 Robert Edgar

 

 

C Em Am C

Got nothing to teach you wouldn't learn better on your own.

F Am G G7

Not gonna hide my meaning, not gonna gladhand nor crow.

F Dm E F

What I'm gonna do, find out what feeds upset and anger so,

G7 Am7 E7

What makes us blind, what makes us deaf, what makes us weak.

 

C Em Am C

Down South, we were floating, in some cinderbrick building

F Am G G7

Seagulls spirling toward the mainland, leaning into rain.

F Dm E F

Later was so far away, seemed like having the same dream.

G7 Am7 E7

But one dream's not the same dream twice, now is it?

 

B7 E A7 D

Weak with anger, weak with pride,

G7 C Ddim

Weak like some oxygen-starved fool,

B7 E A7 D

Weak with blindsight, weak with lies,

G F E7

When I've been with you, friend, I've been weak.

 

BREAK

 

 

 

 

C Em Am C

Last night, feelin' fine, and the unmapped sky was spinning.

F Am G G7

And I realized that all moments are fresh on my cheek.

F Dm E F Fm

And how I keep forgetting, that time is only ours to own, up to,

Dm G E F

And that memory of floating in that dreamy southern flat,

G7 Am7 E7

And if we dirty our own water, well, who's fault is that?.

B7 E A7 D

Weak with loving, outside strife,

G7 C Ddim

Weak we slump a dozen times, in this chromatic life.

B7 E A7 D

Weak with knowing, too weak to stand

G F E7

It's the strength of love that plays us off this restive land.