Polaroids — Shawn Colvin
Chords and lyrics for Polaroids by Shawn Colvin (key of D, capo 4).
Verse 1
[D]Please, no more therapy, Mother take care of me,
[D]Piece me together with a needle and thread.
[D]Wrap me in eiderdown, lace from your wedding gown.
[D]Fold me and lay me down on your bed.
[G]Or liken me to a shoe, blackened and spit-shone through
[Fmaj7]Kicking back home to you, smiling back home.
[D]Singing back home to you. Laughing back home to you,
[Em7]Dragging back home to you.
Verse 2
[D]I was so wary then, the ugly American
[D]Thinner than oxygen, tough as a whore
[D]I said you can lie to me, I own what's inside of me
[D]Nothing surprises me, anymore
[G]But forests in Germany, kids in the Tuileries
[Fmaj7]Broken-down fortresses, in old Italy
[D]And claiming his victory, shrouded in mystery
[Em7]He went running away with me
Verse 3
[D]Back in our home New York, walking these streets forlorn
[D]We all in our uniforms, black and black
[D]Doing that slouch and jive, the artist must survive
[D]We got all we need we cried, and don't look back
[G]Thinking we had it made, poised for the hip parade
[Fmaj7]Knee deep in accolades, the conceptual pair
[D]But ever the malcontent, he left without incident
[Em7]Vanished into thin air
Verse 4
[D]Now I am always amazed, words can fill up the page
[D]Pages full up the days, between him and me
[D]But the vows that we never keep, from bedrooms to business-speak
[D]Make me remember how cheap, words can be
[G]And the letters I wrote you of, were those of the desperate stuff
[Fmaj7]Like begging for love in a suicide threat
[D]But I am too young to die, too old for a lullaby
[Em7]Too tired for life on the ledge
Verse 5
[D]But I had a dream last night, of lovers who walked the plank
[D]Out on the edge of time, amidst ridicule
[D]They laughed as they rocked and reeled, over the mining fields
[D]Coming to rest on this ship of fools
[G]But he just took polaroids of her smile in the light
[Fmaj7]Of the dawn of the menacing sky
[D]And before they went overboard, she turned and held up a card
[Em7]And it said, Valentine
Outro
[D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [Em] [D] [A] [D]