Robyn Hitchcock – Linctus House (Guitar)

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You know I used to call my baby up

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And we'd get real close

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Just like the telephone was a sofa

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And our thoughts would mingle

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And we'd leave our minds wide open

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Like a big window in the evening air, and we'd say

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"Hey baby, come on in and help yourself to my soul"

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"Hey baby, come on in and help yourself to my soul"

F#m
But these days, even saying, "hello? How are you?"

                         B
"I'm fine. How are you?" takes a lot of sweat

B            A
Ain't that a shame?

B            A
Ain't that a shame?

       EM7     A
But in Linctus House

      EM7   A
In my flesh hotel

        B
I don't care anymore

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You know my baby and me, as Kimberley would say

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We'd curl up like two dogs in front of a fire

        F#m7
And our eyes would reflect each other

F#m7
In the warm long heat of love

B
Yeah, the warm long heat of love

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And I would hear the rain falling on the leaves outside

F#m
I couldn't stand to close the window

           B
'Cause I'd shiver if I left her side

    C#m                        A
But now I'd shake if we should meet

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And I spend most of my time in the bushes

B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you're doing)

B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you've done)

       EM7     A
But in Linctus House

      EM7   A
In my flesh hotel

        B
I don't care anymore

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"I understand how everything

A/C#                   E            F#m7
Sometimes turns out to be nothing," you say

                    B
But I wonder if you do

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And if we understood each other

F#m
There's be no need to talk

                               B
But even that, even talking is out of reach

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Should I say it with flowers or should I say it with nails?

A
I'm not the kind to push you around

                                E
But I don't want to make myself vulnerable

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And if I was on my knees

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You'd have a pretty good view of my skull

F#m                                    B
And I happen to know you're carrying a chisel

       EM7     A
But in Linctus House

      EM7   A
In my flesh hotel

        B
I don't care anymore, no

       EM7     A
But in Linctus House

      EM7   A
In my flesh hotel

        B
I don't care

B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you're doing)

B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you've done)

B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you're doing)

B            A
Ain't that a shame? (Know what you've done)