[Am]　[F]　[Am]　[E]　[Am]　[G]　[C]　[G#]

[Am]　[F]　[Am]　[E]　[Am]　[G]　[C]　[G#]

 

[Am]Outside the [F]cafe by the [Am]cracker fact[E]ory you were [Am]practicing a [G]magic [C]trick.[G#]

And my [Am]thoughts got [F]rude as you [Am]talked and [E]chewed

on the [Am]last of your [G]pick and [C]mix.

 

[G#]You said "You're mistaken if you're [Am]thinking that

I [F]haven't been called 'co[Am]ld' before"[E]　as you [Am]bit into your [G]strawberry [C]lace.

[G#]Then offered me your att[Am]ention in the [F]form of a [Am]gobstopper

[E]it's all you had [Am]left and it was [G]going to [C]waste[G#]

 

[Am]Your pastimes consisted of the strange, the twisted and deranged

[Am]and I loved that little game you had called 'Crying Lightning'

[Am]and how you liked to aggravate the ice cream man on rainy afternoons

[Am]　[G#m]　[Am]　[B]　[Am]　[G#m]

[Am]　[B]　[Am]　[G#m]　[Am]　[B]　[Am]　[G#m]

 

The [Am]next time that I caught my own ref[F]lection

it was [Am]on its way to [E]meet you, [Am]thinking of [G]excuses to [C]postpone.

[G#]You never looked like [Am]yourself from the [F]side but your [Am]profile could not [E]hide

the fact you [Am]knew I was appr[G]oaching [C]your throne.[G#]

 

With folded [Am]arms you occup[F]ied the bench like [Am]toothache,

[E]stood and puffed your [Am]chest out like you'd [G]never lost a [C]war.[G#]

Although I [Am]tried so not to [F]suffer the [Am]indignity of a [E]reaction

there [Am]was no cracks to [G]grasp or gaps [C]to claw[G#]

 

And [Fmaj7]your pastimes con[Dm]sisted of the strange, the [Am]twisted and deranged

and I hate that little game you had [Fmaj7]called 'Crying [Dm]Lightning'

and how you liked to [Am]aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons.[Fmaj7]

Unin[Dm]viting, but [Am]not half as impossible as everyone assumes you [Fmaj7]are.

'Crying [Dm]Lightning'

[Am]　[G#m]　[Am]　[B]　[Am]　[G#m]

[Am]　[B]　[Am]　[G#m]　[Am]　[B]　[Am]　[G#m]　[Am]

 

[Am]Your pastimes consisted of the strange, the twisted and deranged

and I hate that little game you had called[Fmaj7]　'Crying [Dm]Lightning'[Am]

'Crying Lightning'[Fmaj7]　'Crying [Dm]Lightning'[Am]　'Crying Lightning'

 

Your[Fmaj7]　pastimes con[Dm]sisted of the strange, the [Am]twisted and deranged

and I hate that little game you had [Fmaj7]called Cry[Dadd9]ing