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intro: Em Am7 B (x2)


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the blackest storm i ever saw

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was coming in from omaha

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and the latest news from tokyo was a lot of ugly numbers

Em
i was checkin' pay phones for forgotten coins

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as the clouds came over west des moines

Em
got into the house

got the curtains drawn

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got into the the shower with all my clothes on

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hey! hey! let the water come down!

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hey! hey! let the water come down!




by noon it was clear that winter'd come
and i just the the water run
and i got soap suds in my eyes
and it stung like iodine
the phone started ringing like a fire alarm
and the voice on the machine was brutally calm
new numbers coming down the wire
got into the shower with my eyes on fire
hey! hey! let it fall on me,
let it all come down relentlessly!
you swore that you would stick around
when days like this started coming down!
break out the crystal!
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get out the good champagne!
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we're going down              in flames.


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