Tom: E
[Intro] C#m B
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
C#m
Taking inventory of his life
Seeing snapshots
Chronologically inline
B
Something told him he should look
Around and tidy up
He collected many things
But never quite enough
C#m
Tried looking at it
From a new perspective
Flat on his back
But he still heard the directive
B
Orders from that corner
Where that shadow always lived
Never asked permissions
He just hopes that they forgive
E
I don't want to go like this
C#m
At least let me clean my room
G#m
I don't want to leave like this
F#
'Cause the last thing I want to do is
E
Make my people make decisions
C#m
Wondering what to do, oh
B
Should they keep it on display
F#
Or redecorate?
C#m
Blankets over mirrors, she tends to like it
She's not afraid of her reflection
But of what she might see behind it
B
She had plans to change her name, yeah
Just not the traditional way, yeah
C#m
Haunted by a couple big mistakes
She covers all the dents
With the way she decorates
B
Then one night she got cold
With no blankets on her bed
So she ripped them off the mirror
Stepped back and she said
E
I don't want to go like this
C#m
At least let me clean my room
G#m
I don't want to leave like this
F#
'Cause the last thing I want to do is
E
Make my people make decisions
C#m
Wondering what to do, oh
B
Should they keep it on display
F#
Or redecorate?
( C#m B )
G#m
With the bells
And the whistles scaled back
Like an isolated track
And he feels trapped when
He's not inebriated
Fair to say he's fairly sedated
D#5
Most days of the week
He might have made it if he lived
On a different street
G#m (C#m)
I repeat, scaled back and isolated
G#m
He says he likes an open schedule
But he mostly hates it
If you're running to his room
Take a breath before you break-in
Put your ear up to the door
Tell me can you hear him saying?
E
I don't want to go like this
C#m
At least let me clean my room
G#m
I don't want to leave like this
F#
'Cause the last thing I want to do is
E
Make my people make decisions
C#m
Wondering what to do, oh
B
Should they keep it on display
F#
Or redecorate?
E
I don't want to go like this (go like this)
C#m
At least let me clean my room
G#m
I don't want to leave like this (leave like this)
F#
'Cause the last thing I want to do is (to do is)
E
Make my people make decisions
C#m
Wondering what to do, oh
B
Should they keep it on display
F#
Or redecorate?
C#m B
Or redecorate?
Or redecorate?
Or redecorate?
