Thea Gilmore The List _____________ Capo 2nd Fret ------------ - He was a clubland caller, he was younger than he felt - - Settled like a moth down in the east-end Neon belt - Well he used to be a believer, ‘til the city got its grip - - Now if there’s any holiness left, Well he can’t remember it - She was a high-rise butterfly, crashed in ‘92 - - Into some veiled little suburb that they bulldozed through - Where the little fat angels guard the harvest like they should - - Well its downtown now but it used to be the woods It used to be the woods - And, oh its a lonely little town - And oh, its a lonely little tune Dsus6 - - And if my name is on that list I guess I’ll see you soon - First he heard her voice and then he saw her face - - She shone just like a crucifix, an instrument of grace - And they got on like children, they got a hotel room - - They got a new religion, a needle and a spoon - And they gave thanks to the heavens, but the devil held their hands - - And they walked that great divide between Disciples and partisans - And the brown and the Bible, they were never quite enough - - But the life that grew inside her well that felt a bit like love felt a bit like love - And, oh its a lonely little town - And oh, its a lonely little tune Dsus6 - - And if my name is on that list I guess I’ll see you soon Dsus6 - - And if my name is on that list I guess I’ll see you soon - The seasons are a metronome, the rhythm and the wild - - The winter took his heart away, the spring it took her child - And the honeyed breath of summer is sweet and overgrown - - But its always autumn sings “its not too late To find your way back home” To find your way back home” - And a bell sometimes reminds them, or the singing in the wind - - The striking of a match, the smell of Paraffin - And some folks are drawn to the flames, and some just want to hide - - But the lonely are the prettiest of all, they burn from the inside They burn from the inside - - Yeah, the lonely are the prettiest of all, they burn from the inside