B F#
As I walk through the streets of my new city
F# B
My back feeling much better, I suppose
B F#
I've reclaimed the use of my imagination
F# B
For better or for worse, I've yet to know
B F#
But I always knew you'd be the one to understand me,
F# B
I guess that's why it took so long to get things right.
B
Suddenly I'm lost
F#
On my street
B
On my block
F#
Oh why, Oh why
F# B
Oh why haven't you been there for me?
B F# B F#
Can't you see, I'm losing my mind this time?
B
This time it's for real, I can see
F#
The tops of trees are turning red
F#
The beggars near bodegas grin at me
F#
I think they want something
F#
I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe
F# B
And be calm.
B
Be calm.
B F# B
I know you feel like you are breaking down.
B F#
I know that it gets so hard sometimes.
B
Be calm.
B F#
I'm scared that everyone is out to get me.
F# B
"These days before you speak to me you pause."
B F#
"I always see you looking out your window."
F# B
"After all, you lost your band, you left your mom."
B E
Now every single crack, every penny that I pass,
F# E B
Says I should either leave or pick it up
B E
But with every single buck I've made
E
I'm saddled with bad luck that came
F#
The moment I was baptized
F#
Or when I found out one day I'm gonna die
F#
If only I could find my people or my place in life
F#
A when they come a'carolin'
F#
So loud, so bright, the theremin
F#
Will lead us to a chorus
F#
Where we'll all rejoice and sing a song that goes:
F# B
Oh be calm.
B
Be calm.
B F# B
I know you feel like you are breaking down.
B F#
I know that it gets so hard sometimes.
B
Be calm.
B
Take it from me, I've been there a thousand times.
B E B
You hate your pulse because it thinks you're still alive
B E
And everything's wrong
E F#
It just gets so hard sometimes
F#
Be calm.
E
I don't remember much that night,
B
Just walking, thinking fondly of you
E
Thinking how the worst is yet to come
F# E
When from that street corner came a song
E
And I can't remember the man,
B F#
The panhandler or his melody.
E B E F#
The words exchanged had far exceeded any change I'd given thee.