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Last Straw Tab

by Jacks Mannequin


Here's a B side that was recorded for Everything in Transit. It's one of my 
favorite Jack songs. Hope you like it =]

Verse 1:

                                         
I heard that you went out last night
                                                 
And you looked beautiful, 
                                                               
Just like a bat beneath the moonlight
                                
I stayed home, took a Vicadin
                                             
Sometimes it's all that I can do 
                                                          
When I  think about the president
                                                                         
How did he become the president?

                                                            
And I stayed awake for a day or two
                                            
I thought about the world
                                                   
Drank gin and watched the news
                                                                           
And there are some things that I'll never understand
                                        
Why a country needs a God
                                               
And a woman nee-ds a ma -an

Chorus:
                                              
And you never write me letters
                                           
And you never sent my sweaters
                                                             
So I could stay warm when I was without you
                                             
Without you I don't sleep

                                                                                         
Just a dream

Verse 2:

                                                       
And I scratched these words into a black notebook
                                                                               
I wrote your name on top, I knew you'd never look
                                                                   
And i tried my best to fight the atmosphere
                                                                                         
To think the happy thoughts that leave the phone lines clear

                             
I see Arizona stars from here
                                                
But Peter Pan is miles away


Chorus:

                                              
And you never write me letters
                                           
And you never sent my sweaters
                                                      
So I could stay warm when I was without you
                                            
Without you I don't have
                                                     
A place that's safe from all the monsters
                              
That hide in my head
                                    
And sing me to sleep, sleep
                                  
This is the last straw
                                    
This is the last straw, She said


Bridge:

                                             
Well I won't wait for you forever
                                         
When you run around like JFK
                                                         
And watch that poor girl waste the best years of her life 
                                           
And I'll be damned if I am going out, I will not go out that way


Instrumental:

                        


Chorus:

                                              
And you never write me letters
                                           
And you never sent my sweaters
                                                           
So you could stay warm when I was gone
                                            
Without you I don't have
                                                     
A place that's safe from all the monsters
                              
That hide in my head
                                    
And keep me 'till dawn
                                  
I think this is the last straw