After the nuclear holocaust, when I'm scouring the scorched countryside for a Hostess factory, I want this guy to be my personal musical narrator.

Excellent taste, Linz, if morbid thoughts

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http://lyrics.wikia.com/Iron_&_Wine:The_Trapeze_Swinger

Please remember me happily
By the rosebush laughing
With bruises on my chin
The time when we counted every black car passing

Your house beneath the hill and up until
Someone caught us in the kitchen
With maps, a mountain range, a piggy bank
A vision too removed to mention

But please remember me fondly
I heard from someone you're still pretty
And then they went on to say that the pearly gates
Had some eloquent graffiti

Like 'We'll meet again' and 'Fuck the man'
And 'Tell my mother not to worry'
And angels with their gray handshakes
Were always done in such a hurry

And please remember me at Halloween
Making fools of all the neighbors
Our faces painted white by midnight
We'd forgotten one another

And when the morning came, I was ashamed
Only now it seems so silly
That season left the world and then returned
But now you're lit up by the city

So please remember me mistakenly
In the window of the tallest tower call
Then pass us by but much too high
To see the empty road at happy hour

Gleam and resonate just like the gates
Around the holy kingdom
With words like 'Lost and Found' and 'Don't Look Down'
And 'Someone Save Temptation'

And please remember me as in the dream
We had as rug-burned babies
Among the fallen trees and fast asleep
Aside the lions and the ladies

That called you what you like and even might
Give a gift for your behavior
A fleeting chance to see a trapeze
Swinger high as any savior

But please remember me, my misery
And how it lost me all I wanted
Those dogs that love the rain and chasing trains
The colored birds above their running

In circles 'round the well and where it spells
On the wall behind St. Peter's
So bright on cinder gray and spray paint
'Who the hell can see forever?'

And please remember me seldomly
In the car behind the carnival
My hand between your knees, you turn from me
And said the trapeze act was wonderful

But never meant to last, the clowns that passed
Saw me just come up with anger
When it filled with circus dogs, the parking lot
Had an element of danger

So please remember me, finally
And all my uphill clawing, my dear
But if I make the pearly gates
Do my best to make a drawing

Of God and Lucifer, a boy and girl
An angel kissing on a sinner
A monkey and a man, a marching band
All around the frightened trapeze swingers

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One of my favorite songs from I&W! Thank you!

i sing this song daily. no joke

^Good, you have good taste.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HE SAID "FUCK"!

Capo 3rd

Intro: 
C //// C //// C //// G ////  F5  ////  C ////  G //// Am&nbs
p; //// G ////  F5 //// C //// G

C               G    F5     &n
bsp;        C            G    
 
please remember me, happily  by the rosebush laughing 
         C          G     &nbs
p;       F5                 C&
nbsp;                
with bruises on my chin, the time when, we counted every black car 
G
passing 
       Am               G  &nb
sp;        F5              C  
               G
your house beneath the hill, and up until, someone caught us in the kitchen
      Am                G  &nb
sp;          F5              &
nbsp;   C
With maps, a mountain range, a piggy bank, a vision too removed to 
     G
mention
         C           G    &nbs
p; F5                   C    &
nbsp;                    
But please remember me, fondly, I heard from someone you’re still 
   G
pretty
         C                
;G                    F5    
And then, they went on to say That the pearly gates, has some 
    C       G
eloquent graffiti
      Am             G     &nb
sp;          F5              &
nbsp;C 
Like, we’ll, meet again, and fuck the man And tell my mother not to 
G
worry
   Am           G         F5 &
nbsp;               C         
         G
And angels with a great, handshake And all is done in such a hurry
      C              G    &nbs
p;   F5             C     
And please remember me, at Halloween, Making fools of all the 
G
neighbors 
           C      G       &nbs
p;     F5         C          &
nbsp;  G     
Are faces painted white, by midnight, We forgotten one another
        Am            G    &nb
sp;       F5                 C
         G
And when The morning came, I was ashamed Only now it seems so silly, 

           Am          G   &nb
sp;         F5               &
nbsp;   C              G
That season Left the world and then returned And now your lit up by the Cit
y
        C            G    &nbs
p;    F5              C      &
nbsp;        G     
So, Please, remember me, Mistakenly In the window of the tallest 
        C                 
; G               F5        &n
bsp;             C       
tower  call, Then pass us by, But much too high, To see the empty road 
;at 
       G  
Happy hour
   Am         G            &nb
sp;          F5              C
        G
Leave, and resonate, Just like the gates, Around the holy kingdom
       Am                 &nbs
p;  G                    F5  &
nbsp;      
With words like 'Lost and Found' and 'Don't Look Down' And 
  C                  G
'Someone Save Temptation'
       C              G   &nbs
p;         F5              C &
nbsp;                    
And Please, remember me As in the dream, We had as rug-burned 
G
babies
C                   G     &nbs
p;        F5              C  &
nbsp;           G     
Among  the fallen trees And fast asleep Aside the lions and the ladies
         Am               &nbs
p;  G             F5         &
nbsp;    C               

That called, you what you like, And even might, Give a gift for your 
    G
behavior
           Am            G &nb
sp;          F5           C   
    G
A fleeting chance to see, A trapeze Swing as high as any savior

       C              G   &nbs
p;  F5                    C  &
nbsp;          G     
But Please, remember me, My misery, And how it lost me all I wanted 
         C                
;   G               F5      &n
bsp;            
Those dogs, that love the rain, And chasing trains
      C                   
;       G     
The colored birds above there running 
        Am           G     &nb
sp;            F5            &
nbsp;  
In circles round the well, And where it spells 
      C                  G&nbs
p;        Am        
On the wall behind St. Peter's So bright with 
             G            
;   F5               C      &n
bsp;      G            
With cinder gray, And spray paint 'Who the hell can see forever?' 
       C             G    &nbs
p;F5               C         &
nbsp;    G     
And Please, remember me, Seldomly, In the car behind the carnival 
     C                 G  &nbs
p;               F5         &n
bsp;           
My hand between your  knees, You turn from me 
                C         
;        G     
And said 'The trapeze act was wonderful 
        Am          G      &nb
sp;               F5         &
nbsp;     
But never meant to last', The clown that passed,  
         C               G&nbs
p;           
Saw me just come up with anger 
         Am               &nbs
p;  G                 F5     &
nbsp;       C       G     
When it filled, with circus dogs, The parking lot, Had an element of danger 
      C             G     &nbs
p;F5             C           &
nbsp;G     
So Please, remember me, Finally, And all my uphill clawing
      C           G       &nbs
p;       F5                 &n
bsp;   
My dear But if I make The pearly Gates
        C        G        &nbs
p;      Am         G         &
nbsp;           
 Do my best to make a drawing Of God, and Lucifer
           F5             C&nb
sp;           G            
A boy and girl An angel kissing on a sinner, 
       Am      G           &nb
sp;    F5                    &
nbsp;C       G            
A monkey and a man A marching band All around the frightened trapeze swingers 
 C          G       F5      &n
bsp;C      G      C
Na-na Na-na-na Na-na Na-na...

 C   G   F5  C   G   C
Am  G   F5   C   G   C

Zach Galifianakis has a beautiful voice.

This came on my iPod today and I forgot the song was even there. It's a sign from the music gods to *promote.

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