Capo on 2 (NC) All the boys who called their mothers on that day (NC) Were no tough bunch, but they had the nerves, to go and say That all your secrets were drowned With the pioneers who were flooded from this town They packed their bags only moments too late With the pounding waves crashing up against the weakened water gates Dire times call for dire faces So lovely dancer call and answer Trade our places in the night Were running barefoot you and I Dead lovers salivate broken hearts tessellate tonight (NC) And all the kids who cut their knees on that old school yard fence D G Em D (NC) Were holding out for prosperity in self defense D G Em A We beat them down again Its no fun playing cowboy for pretend We'll show them what the backs of our hands are for The divide is clear in the coming year the rich will take the poor Dire times call for dire faces So lovely dancer call and answer Trade our places in the night Were running barefoot you and I Dead lovers salivate broken hearts tessellate tonight