Come Close To Me Not Too Close

I’m all out of tickets I’ve no second chances
 F
I had too much wine and too many slow dances
 C/G
You’re the picture of youth and I’m no spring chicken
 F
But here we are kissing the plot it does thicken
  C/G           F             C/G
Two Midwesterners in the big city
 F
We’re both of us living the dream what a pity
 C/G
That we can’t just run away to Lisbon or Paris
 F
Would traveling overseas thrill us or scare us
 C/G
Why does my mind gallop twelve steps ahead of me
 F
Like is there another man you want instead of me
 C/G
I’m playing at envy to fill up the space
 F
And distract from the things I don’t want to face
 C/B F
Come close to me
 C/B
Not too close
 F
I’m leaving here
 G
Tomorrow
 C/G
Your beauty it frightens me and also excites me
 F
I want to fall into you do lots of drugs with you
 C/G
Walk around Chinatown and act like it’s China
 F
Forget about everything but your green eyes and I’m
 C/G
Not to be trusted in these grave matters
 F
In love I am mad as the maddest of hatters
 C/G
No this isn’t love but it surely is something
 F
A nightmare in waiting or maybe a fun thing
 C/B F
Come close to me
 C/B
Not too close
 F
I’m leaving here
 G
Tomorrow
 C/G
California is calling me I have to answer
 F
I told her I’d be back in mid-September
 C/G
I don’t have any pets no son no daughter
 F
But I have a garden my flowers need water
 C/G
I can’t bear the winters my blood is too thin for them
 F
Living out west has made me a weaker man
 C/G
But also a healthy one I’m still an optimist
 F
I’m a songwriter and sometimes a solipsist
  C/G  F     C/G     F    C/G      F
I worry I’m too used to living alone
 F
And when I am sad I don’t pick up the phone
 C/G
I lick my wounds quiet like the lion I am
 F
If you’ve a better suggestion I don’t give a damn
 C/G
Just let me be and let me see you
 F
Those times when you most would like to be you
 C/G
And I’ll do the same, masks firmly affixed
 F
We’ll cut out everything between and betwixt
 C/B F
Come close to me
 C/B
Not too close
 F
I’m leaving here
 G
Tomorrow
  C      F        C/G       F      C/G
I’m not a prophet I’ve no crystal ball
 F
Late summer is written but there’s always the fall
 C/G
When you come out west a few leaves will be falling
 F
We’ll hit the beach and drive up Mulholland
 C/G
Who the hell are you and how did we get here
 F
So quickly so rashly I daresay it’s like we're
 C/G
Two rocket ships headed straight for the moon
 F
It can’t be healthy to be flying this soon
 C/G
Will Ally regret ever introducing us or
 F
Will she want credit for exec producing us
 C/G
What kind of a movie will this one be
 F
Wait do I have a problem with reality
 C/G
I’m saying too much I hope you don’t hate me
 F
But if I were you would I want to date me
 C/G
I can’t answer that I’ve no perspective
 F
I’m half self-aware and far from objective
 C/B F
Come close to me
 C/B
Not too close
 F
I’m leaving here
 G C
Tomorrow
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