I know this is not correct, as they play it out of C, but that is far too high a key for
myself to sing in, and I assume others are like this as well. So, I have moved it down
to a more common key of A.


[Chorus 1]

             
She asked me, 

          
"Son, when I g

row old,
             
Will you buy m

      
e a house of g

old?
             
And when your 

      
father turns t

o stone,
             
Will you take 

       
care of me?"


[Chorus 2]

             
She asked me, 

           
"Son, when I g

row old,
           
Will you buy m

     
e a house of g

old?
             
And when your 

      
father turns t

o stone,
             
Will you take 

       
care of me?"


[Bridge 1]

      
I will make yo

u
          
Queen of every

         
thing you see
              
I'll put you o

      
n the map
              
I'll cure you 

               
of disease


[Verse 1]

             
Let's say we u

      
p and left thi

s town
           
And turned our

        
 future upside

-down
             
We'll make pre

          
tend that you 

and me
            
Lived ever aft

    
er, happily


[Chorus 3]

             
She asked me, 

           
"Son, when I g

row old,
           
Will you buy m

     
e a house of g

old?
             
And when your 

      
father turns t

o stone,
             
Will you take 

       
care of me?"


[Bridge 2]

      
I will make yo

u
          
Queen of every

         
thing you see
              
I'll put you o

      
n the map
              
I'll cure you 

               
of disease


[Verse 2]

             
And since we k

      
now that dream

s are dead
           
And life turns

          
 plans up on t

heir head
             
I will plan to

 
 be a bum
             
So I just migh

       
t become someo

ne


[Chorus 4]
             
She asked me, 

           
"Son, when I g

row old,
           
Will you buy m

     
e a house of g

old?
             
And when your 

      
father turns t

o stone,
             
Will you take 

       
care of me?"


[Bridge 3]

      
I will make yo

u
          
Queen of every

         
thing you see
              
I'll put you o

      
n the map
              
I'll cure you 

               
of disease