Ghost of Me

Written November 2009

Tab A/f#m, capo 3 or so

Georgette, the one I can’t forget, the best that I’ve seen yet,
clearly you’re nobody’s pet,
Georgette, with a butterfly tattoo, partially in view, I knew
this song would be for you, and I
+++ bet you, bet you, bet you, bet you do whatever you
+++ want to, want to, want to, want to, that’s the reason I’ll
+++ let you, let you, let you, let you get away,
I could never make you stay anyway, Georgette..
+++++ but who am I kidding? You’re just a perfect sunset
+++++ that I saw once as a kid, in a place I haven’t been since,
+++++ you do your own bidding, that’s how it ought to be,
+++++ pardon me a minute, as I watch your colors set, Georgette..

Georgette, superlatives apply to the simmer of your eyes,
from all sides, you’ve been very well devised,
I’m struck by your geometry, I swear that angle XYZ
just proved that there’s a God to me
+++++ but who am I kidding? You’re just a perfect sunset
+++++ that I saw once as a kid, in a place I haven’t been since,
+++++ you do your own bidding, just like it ought to be,
+++++ pardon me just a minute, while I watch your colors set, Georgette, ‘cause I..
+++ bet you, bet you, bet you, bet you do whatever you
+++ want to, want to, want to, want to, tell myself that I
+++ let you, let you, let you, let you get away,
I could never make you stay anyway, Georgette…

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