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CGet attached to a rolling stone 
GAnd yr libel to get crushed. 
FYr better off to sit at home 
CAnd watch the toilet flush.G  
CI like to sit and look at her.
I Glike to do that so much.
FTo stand and act mysterious
CAnd to watch her blush.G  
CI know I'm such a weird guy. 
GShe could never take me serious.
FThere's always that green monkey
CIn around or near Gus.
CI think sometimes of holdin' her, 
GBut the picture gets all blurred. 
FI see shadows dancin' on my wall.
CThoughts scatter like birdGs.
CI wish to God i could touch her hand, 
GSomehow make her understand,
FThe man I somehow wanna be,
CThe man GI want her to make me.
CBut she stands so distant and rolls her eyes.
GShe leaves me and I don't know why.
FNothing seems to make much sense. 
CI cant aGppreciate the sky.
CAnd so I go home lonely, 
GLike a wolf without a pack 
FI got nothin to put my love in, 
CLike groGceries without a sack.
C
Maybe someday when she gets fat,
GShe'll think about what she's missed.
FShe'll know shell never get me back.
CShe'll fGeel just like the pits.
CShe'll sit lonely in her apartment,
GThinkin' about what might have been.
FShe'll know her man had come and went.
GMaybe she'll take me seriously then.
CGet attached to a rolling stone 
GAnd yr libel to get crushed. 
FYr better off to sit at home 
CAnd watcFh the toilet flush.

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Urge

by Daniel Johnston

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Get attached to a rolling stone

And yr libel to get crushed.

Yr better off to sit at home

C G

And watch the toilet flush.

I like to sit and look at her.

I like to do that so much.

To stand and act mysterious

C G

And to watch her blush.

I know I'm such a weird guy.

She could never take me serious.

There's always that green monkey

C G

In around or near us.

I think sometimes of holdin' her,

But the picture gets all blurred.

I see shadows dancin' on my wall.

C G

Thoughts scatter like birds.

I wish to God i could touch her hand,

Somehow make her understand,

The man I somehow wanna be,

C G

The man I want her to make me.

But she stands so distant and rolls her eyes.

She leaves me and I don't know why.

Nothing seems to make much sense.

C G

I cant appreciate the sky.

And so I go home lonely,

Like a wolf without a pack

I got nothin to put my love in,

C G

Like groceries without a sack.

Maybe someday when she gets fat,

She'll think about what she's missed.

She'll know shell never get me back.

C G

She'll feel just like the pits.

She'll sit lonely in her apartment,

Thinkin' about what might have been.

She'll know her man had come and went.

Maybe she'll take me seriously then.

Get attached to a rolling stone

And yr libel to get crushed.

Yr better off to sit at home

C F

And watch the toilet flush.

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