Silver Jews – Candy Jail (Guitar)

G
Pain works on a sliding scale

Em
So does pleasure in a candy jail

C                                                        D
True love doesn't come around any more than fate allows on a

G
Monday in Ft. Lauderdale

Em
To see your life as written paraphrased

C                                                    D
I have tried thee it is written in the furnace of affliction

G
This is what you couldn’t face.

          C
Life in a candy jail

D
Peppermint bars

G                                           C
Peanut brittle bunk beds and marshmallow walls

C
Where the guards are gracious

D
And the grounds are grand

G                                      C
And the warden keeps the data on your favorite brands.

G
Jelly beans and cookie dough

Em
Country restroom on a radio

C
I got a number on my name

D
It's hard to rise above the shame

G
I'm a branded man made in the mold

G
These terms engulf the waking mind.

Em
Like cherry, grape and lemon-lime

C
Like candy corn and licorice

D
Like bubble gum and Swedish fish

G
It happens to me all the time

            C
Livin' in a candy jail

D
Peppermint bars

G                                           C
Peanut brittle bunk beds and marshmallow walls

C
Where the guards are gracious

D
And the grounds are grand

G
And the warden really listens

C
And he understands