G [Verse]G I was wallowing in squalor when a note came through the mailC G From a light-fingered acquaintance who'd been lingering in jailC G He had served a year of sentence when the fools had set him freeD G And he'd had a good idea he said he'd like to put to me [Verse]G I said come on then, let's have it, there's a twinkle in his eyeC G He says let me put it this way, have you ever wondered whyC G The rich have so much money when, if push should come to crunchD G You can only be in one room and only eat one lunch [Verse]G A cogent observation, but I didn't have the timeC G I presumed this exposition must be leading to a crimeC G He said wait a precious moment I am trying to set the sceneD G If you liberate your mind my friend you'll soon see what I mean [Verse]Gm He said have you ever wondered how a horse becomes a glue?Cm Gm Or how my uncle's pencil reached a garden in Peru?Cm Gm And have you tried valerian, the side-effects are strangeG D Gm There is no such thing as accident, for everything's arranged [Verse]G I said listen friend your time inside has clearly flipped your mindC G These are merely hypotheticals I haven't got the timeC G If it's blackmailing on Snapchat or a hold-up count on meD G But this claptrap that you're spouting now just sounds like poetry [Verse]Gm Do not be so narrow-minded, my erstwhile accomplice trilledCm Gm I've had lots of time for poetry it's left me rather thrilledCm Gm I've been reading the New York School: Frank O'Hara, Kenneth KochG D Gm And they've given me more pleasure than a thousand dirty jokes [Break]G GC GC GD G [Verse]Gm Well he's published by Macmillan now, he got a big advanceCm Gm Which he spent on buying a farmhouse in a pleasant part of FranceCm Gm His first book won a Pulitzer, he's up for a NobelG D Gm They say you can't change human nature but he's doing rather well [Outro]G GC GC GD G
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