C          Am
Don't rape, don't kill
   F                  G
Go home, don't take a pill
C
Put an old-time record on
G                                    C
That will play for you and old-time song
   Am   F       G          C
In C, a song in C, it's so easy

A song in G
Can be so sweet
But when you need relief, and son
If you don't get it soon, you're gonna
Kill yourself and that would be too bad
Because you're really very nice
And come from the Midwest
Don't wait too long
Just get yourself a song
In C, a song in C, it's so easy

Songs in E flat
I've been through that
But I came back to simple things
Like clouds and dirty magazines
An old wool coat, a truck, a tent
Maps to places I ain't been yet
Old guitars, harmonicas
Redwoods, alleys, empty lots
An old plaid flannel shirt from the Goodwill box
Moon and hills to walk
With broken dreams, forget-me-nots
Redwing boots, two pairs of socks
A hardwood fire, a starry night
Old sleeping bag, a book with fights
My peanut butter, right or wrong
A pocket knife and a good old-fashioned song
In C, a song in C, it's so easy

Songs in E aren't bad
They're just too sad
I'd rather let my mind fly over
Some old friends in Minnesota
Someone who I slept with twice
For 12 years, we've been friends, it felt nice
Some said, "Live with us on our couch
We want you here, you're one of us"
A girl there kept me warm
I kept her up till four 
For 10 nights straight, and then is
The best true love that ever was
The only one who made me cry
She thinks she broke my heart, she's right
But she loved me too and hell
Now that I'm free, I wish her well
With eggs and buttered raisin toast
"L’Amour, l’après-midi" and Joyce
An easy couch, hot Lipton's tea
Blanket spread across her knees
Cool days, long walks, hot steaming baths
Dark cafés, beer, cigarettes
And Bessie Smith, "Sweet Mama Blues"
"Sorrow, Come Pass Me Round", the news
And lots of time to sit around and stare
And every now and then a song
In C, a song in C, it's so simple

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