Check Your Hair

E                                   C#m
Two writers writing each other over phone lines
          A                               E
Stringing narratives out of lies and past lives
              B
Deadbeats and ex-wives
E              C#m
Am I just a character
                                  A
Illuminating gaps you wish you had
                       E
Kept hidden in the past
B
If not then
E               C#m
Walk with me in Larchmont well after midnight
A                                E              B
We'll hold hands, kiss under our hood and we'll pretend
E                       C#m
None of this could ever end
                  A
Neither of us are total wrecks
                      E               B
Capable of loving and being loved with grace


A               C#m
This thing will not end
             B       A
As I stumble out at 6am
                     C#m
Hide from the waking sun
               B
As I drive the 101
A                                      C#m                B
Buried beneath my sunglasses like the silk sheets on your bed
       A                                   C#m        B             E
Coming up for air when I just want to fall right back into where I'm dead


C#m E A


B       E                              C#m
Cause I know I've said that I don't love anything
                               A
Except for my friends and family
                 E                 B
Maybe the way you're checking your hair all the time
E
That's the thing that kills me
       C#m
Cause I know one day you'll leave me
A                                E   B
And I'm terrified I won't end up fine
      A
But really I don't care

C#m          B               A
For your expiration or your naivety
                                C#m
I just hope you'll still want to kiss me
              B
The next time that I'm in town
A                                                           C#m    B
Cause when you love something don't give it away for free
          A                            C#m
Like I do when I refuse to come around
B E
    Anymore


C#m A E B


C#m       A             E          B
Cause the fear is in the fear itself
             C#m          A                    E           B
You can only risk getting hurt if you take the risk yourself
C#m          A
Darling, am I worth it?
E            B        C#m
   This time around I think you're worth it


A E B


E                                    C#m
     Can you say now that you're okay?
     A                              E   B
Call it for the best, and walk away?
E                                         C#m
     This hurts like hell and it always may
A
It's the price we have to pay
E             B                        E
It's the only way we've learned to be alone