C                E
You can huff and you can puff
            Am
But you'll never destroy that stuff
               Dm        G
Finally, I see why, I suppose
          Dm
Kid, you better change your feathers
                              F        C      F
Cause you'll never fly with those... things
                  C      F
In 'These Nights,'  the boys sing
            C
"Hello, emptiness
    F
I heard you're alright
       C
I've heard you're alright
       F
I've heard of you"

[Verse 2]
   C              E
A body aching, fragile, and pale
       Am
Dark valleys house its trail
                          F                 G
Why can't you see that a life in art and a life of mimicry
                Dm     G
It's the same thing?!

[Instrumental]
C F Dm G
C F

[Verse 3]
     C         Am
The room was crowded
             C                       Am                     F
And, though you couldn't care less about it, that much was true
       G
That month
           F                          G
Another version of this miniature Rome to set fire to
F
Why did we stop fucking around you?
G
Girls like gazelles graze
F                         G             Dm    G
Boys wearing bells blaze new trails in sound

[Instrumental]
C F Dm G x2
C F

[Verse 4]
         C              G
I looked up, I looked around
    F                                  Em
A famous Toronto painter shot me down
            Am                                 D
"Oh, I've busted my ass on these streets too long," he said
       F                   G         F
I set fire to the bed and tore his gown

[Outro]
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F                              Em
Felt some mercurial presence, hitherto unknown
           Dm                     C
It was the sun, it was a stone falling through blank space
              F                     Em              Dm C
It was that jewel-encrusted roan getting in my face

F                                 Em
  Looked across the way to The Princess Rooms
        Dm
I saw brides and their grooms
              C
I heard the sound of bells ringing!
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada

F                                 Em
Cinders look back fondly upon a house on fire when across
    Dm
An ocean we go
    C                     F
We row and we row and we tire
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada

F                                  Em
Now, step out of the darkness and into the light
             Dm                         C
Yeah, it's common knowledge I've been doing alright
       F
No, I can't complain
       Em                    Dm
On the East side, midwives' lives go down the drain
C                          F          Em
All cause our babies are dying, oh-oh-oh!
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada

F                       Em                Dm
I lifted the veil to see nature's trickery revealed as pure shit
       C                          F                   Em
From which nothing ever rose cause nothing ever could
   Dm                               C             F Em
I swear somewhere the truth lies within this wood
   Dm                                              C  F Em
I swear, "Looters' Follies" has never sounded so good
     Dm             C             F      Em Dm C
And, win or lose, what's the difference?
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada
F     Em        Dm         C          F
Ladadada, Ladadada, Ladadadadadadadadada