Tom: Am
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F C G Am
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[Verse 1]
Am F
The Merlin Café is empty
G Dm
Save for a drunk or two
Am F
The waitress is waiting on going
G Dm
And I've quit waiting on you
F C
Midnight lovers are all the same
G Am
We dream in impossible ways
F
In the faded light we come alive
G Dm G
And hide away from the days
[Verse 2]
Am F
A song will last forever
G Dm
A single dream goes far
Am F
Loneliness strips you down to the bone
G Dm
That's when you know who you are
F C
'Cause you pay the price for choosing
G Am
The night instead of day
F
It's never just a case of losing
G Dm G Dm G
But throwing it all away
[Chorus]
C Am
And I'll write you a song in the morning
Dm F
And I'll sing it for you someday
G Am
I'll say all the things I should have said
F G Dm G
Before you went away
[Instrumental]
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F C G Am
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[Verse 3]
Am F
The joker in his reverie
G Dm
Takes another glass of wine
Am F
The poet watches carefully
G Dm
And writes another line
F C
A joker's just a dreamer
G Am
Who got lost along the way
F
And dreamers can be poets
G Dm G
In this crazy cabaret
[Verse 4]
Am F
I remember an old man passing
G Dm
His time was slipping away
Am F
I was holding his hand and waiting
G Dm
'Cause there was something he wanted to say
F C
He said, "Friends in times of trouble
G Am
They are the hardest to find
F
Hold on to them forever
G Dm G Dm G
And leave the rest behind"
[Chorus]
C Am
And I'll write you a song in the morning
Dm F
And I'll sing it for you someday
G Am
I'll say all the things I should have said
F G
Before you went away
