[Intro]
    x4

[Verse]
              
I saw him in t

   
he subway
             
I looked twice

             
 through the g

lass
           
Shadows are co

nvincing
             
But he's never

        
 coming back
           
In negative se

ven
             
He was standin

           
g with a smoke
              
Just looking t

       
owards heaven
             
As if he knew 

            
the jo-o-o-o-o

 
-ke

[Interlude]
    x4

[Verse]
             
Uncle was a ga

mbler
             
With a butterf

   
ly tattoo
            
Somewhere down

    
 in Florida
             
He did a favor

          
 for some dude
             
With a pistol 

       
in his glove b

ox
             
It was open an

  
d shut
              
I met him the 

        
week he got ou

t
             
At the wake of

            
 his so-o-o-o-


n

[Solo]
    x2
   
    

[Verse]
            
Driving throug

      
h Colorado
             
I thought of t

     
hese things
            
To boredom the

  
 weight of
       
Reality rings
             
Through highwa

       
ys and deserts

 and cities an

d parks
             
And broke scho

              
ols protected 

       
by the Nationa

l Guard
              
Most days I pa

            
ss with my hea

d in the dark
             
But today it s

            
eems so cle-e-

         
e-ar to me