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Lakeside View Apartments Suite


Bm        D                
Downtown, North past the airport
           A               D  
A dream in switchgrass and concrete
Bm         D               D       
Three gray floors of smoky windows
           E
Facing the street



Michael pulls the blinds back up

Stares blankly down at the intersection

Watching for the guy who's got the angel dust
              E
Crystal clear connection


          G      A
Days like dominos
         Bm
All in a line
                 G        A
We cheer for the home team
      Bm
Every time


             G A Bm
Lakeside view
             G A Bm
Lakeside view
             G A   Bm A     G
Lakeside view  for my whole crew



Most nights now sleep in the kitchen

Keep my face cool on the floor

And John John comes by to drop off his envelopes

Still playing postman after all these years



Pull down my Army surplus jacket

Dig through some drawers to find the keys

Emerge transformed in a million years

From days like these


             G A
Under each eye
                    Bm
Little grease paint smudge
          G        A
You can't judge us
               Bm
You're not the judge


             G A Bm
Lakeside view
             G A Bm
Lakeside view
             G A   Bm A     G
Lakeside view  for my whole crew


**Bridge**

And just before I leave

I throw up in the sink

One whole life recorded

In disappearing ink



And Ray left a message thumbtacked to the door

I don't even bother trying to read them anymore


             G A Bm
Lakeside view
             G A Bm
Lakeside view
             G A   Bm A     G
Lakeside view  for my whole crew