Alvvays - Lollipop (Ode To Jim)

[Intro]





[Verse 1]
             
Saw Jim Reid i

              
n the corridor

              
 and I wondere

              
d if he could 

     
ever see me th

at way
             
He was on my l

              
ist at the gro

              
cery store whe

              
n you grabbed 

              
my wrist and s

        
aid you liked 

my keychain
             
Read your feat

              
ure in the wee

              
kly paper and 

              
honestly I fou

        
nd it a little

 bit bloated
             
Friday we fell

              
 through the c

              
offee table an

            
d that’s when 

              
I discovered t

       
hat my heart e

xploded

[Pre-chorus]
    
How
  
How

[Chorus 1]
             
You’re a lolli

            
pop, in the fo

              
rm of a lightn

   
ing bolt
             
You’re a lolli

                
pop in my hair
             
But I’m a gumd

            
rop, am I ever

              
 gonna fit tha

  
t mould?
             
Because I don’

              
t have the pat

              
ience to wait 

            
in line for yo

      
u, ooh

[Verse 2]
             
When I came ba

              
ck to apologiz

              
e you asked me

            
 if I was intr

igued by LSD
             
I sat next to 

              
you on the pic

              
nic bench and 

              
before I knew 

            
it you were fl

ying next to m

e
             
I met your bab

              
y at the expos

              
ition and fran

              
kly I found it

   
 a little unne

rving
  F                                          [N.C.]
I let you know when we were driving home and all I can remember is the fact that we're swerving

[Chorus 2]
             
Lollipop, in t

            
he form of a l

         
ightning bolt
             
You’re a lolli

              
pop in my hair

            
 (how could I 

 
ever obtain yo

u?)
             
But you’re a d

              
oorstop, when 

            
you’re lying o

              
n the bathroom

 
 floor
             
And I don’t ha

              
ve the time to

              
 wait in line 

            
for you (how c

        
ould I ever be

tray you?)

[Bridge]
           
 Alter my stat

              
e to get throu

            
gh this date (

       
and it swallow

s me whole)
            
Alter my state

              
 to get throug

       
h this date (Y

ou're alone in

 this picture)
         
 Alter my stat

e to get throu

gh this date
           
(you're alone 

              
in this pictur

           
e) Alter my st

       
ate to get thr

ough this date
           
(You're alone 

              
in this pictur

           
e) Alter my st

       
ate to get thr

ough this date


[Chorus 3]
             
You're a lolli

            
pop, in the fo

              
rm of a lightn

    
ing bolt (how 

could I ever b

etray you?)
             
You’re a lolli

              
pop in my hair

            
 (how could I 

 
ever obtain yo

u?)
              
You look like 

             
Iggy Pop, circ

        
a ’73 or ‘4
             
And I don’t ha

              
ve the time to

              
 wait in line 

            
for you (how c

        
ould I ever be

tray you?)

[Outro]
      
You           

Wait for you