[Intro]
      x2

[Verse 1]
   
See the old ma

n on the bridg

e
     
He's hauling u

p a sagging ne

t
             
It's full of e

         
els twisting t

hrough

The eye sockets of a horse's head
             
And this fiend

        
 has no family
             
So he will out

             
live you and m

e

   
(Rest for a be

at before stru

mming the E)

[Verse 2]
             
In the hospita

              
l you talked a

    
bout

Thumbing down that truck ride for the first time
       
And the false 

friend kept hi

s back turned!
              
That's when yo

              
u learned the 


fierceness of 

man

Again, again, again!
             
How long it to

              
ok to reach th

        
e Sister Citie

s
          
And then someh

ow make it bac

k
              
Just to tell m

    
e, "Yeah, I gu

ess I'm still 

pretty mad."

[Hook]
     
Every other da

y, the same
            
Long road to t

              
he old man dow

    
n the street
              
Neither one of

 
 you knows
            
What the flowe

              
rs in your han

              
d are supposed

    
 to mean
           
Red flowers ag

           
ainst your, re

d flowers agai

nst your
         
Painted shut w

indow

         
      

[Verse 3]

Help! My uncle

's gone insane

!
             
In his room he

 sits shaking 

a geranium!

Outside, the o

ld dog resigne

d
             
Leaves heavy t

racks for the 

father draggin

g the rifle to

 find

[Hook]
     
Every other da

y, the same
            
Long road to t

              
he old man dow

    
n the street
              
Do you think s

           
omeday, throug

           
h all the flow

ers
              
Your eyes fina

        
lly will meet?

Where he'll tell you
           
"Honey, you kn

              
ow I had to sh

              
oot that dog y

    
ou loved so mu

ch
              
You know I had

    
 to do it
           
"Aw, honey you

              
 know I had to

              
 shoot that do

      
g you loved so

 much
              
You know I had

    
 to do it."
              
"Oh yeah, I kn

           
ow you had to 

              
shoot that dog

   
 I loved so mu

ch!
              
I know you had

    
 to do it!"

(Rest for around three or four bars)