Brookline

Transcribed by Yngve, mangled thereafter by Bry

Found at: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/wiki/index.php/Brookline_%28demo%29/Tabs

F-5/C = x3320x

G/D = x5540x

E7(2) = x7670x

B7 = x2120x

Fmaj7 = 133210

Bm7-5 = x2323x

A13sus4 = x02032

Not far away in a place by the sea

Something is watching and waiting for me

Brookliiiiiiiiiiine

Something isn't right in Massachusetts

Don't stray out of Boston town

The home of Samuel Adams, the ride of Paul Revere

Don't go past the signs that say the freedom trail ends here

First they'll take you in with songs and laughter

Then they'll fill your head with lies

Too late you glimpse the secret, the sinister design

That marries you forever to Brookliiiiiiine

Brookliiiiine

I was once a man who had a future

And I'm sure I had a past

But now I can't remember the place where I came from

I'm ashamed and frightened of this thing that I've become

Now I'm rich and smart, my home is charming

Sense of irony well-honed

I buy used books and Britas, I snack on nuts and wine

I have been imprisoned in Brookliiiiiiine

Brookliiiiine

You'll go deeper and deeper to learn how it ticks

If you know what it is you can fight it

Like a Tootsie Roll Pop it takes too many licks

And before you get there you will bite it

Or it may bite you

See the shadow fall across New England

Stretching out to Oregon

A talk show host, an author, a president, a king

If you haven't noticed, they've infected every-thing

Keep your hometown close, keep Brookline closer

Hide your heart and watch the skies

For when the darkness finds you the sun will cease to shine

In the end, your only friend, Brookliiiiiiine

Brookliiiiine

And it's one if by land, two if by sea

Three if by guile and duplicity

Brookliiiiiiiiiiiine

Brookliiiiine