A#m G# Summer stretching on the grass F# Fm Summer dresses pass A#m G# In the shade of a willow tree F# Fm Creeps a crawling over me A#m G# Over me and over you F# Fm Stuck together with Godʼs glue A#m G# Itʼs going to get stickier too F# Itʼs been a long hot summer G# Letʼs get under the covers F# Donʼt try too hard to think G# Donʼt think at all C# Iʼm not the only one A#m Starinʼ at the sun D# Afraid of what youʼd find F# If you took a look inside C# Not just deaf and dumb A#m Staring at the sun D# Not the only one F# Whoʼs happy to go blind A#m G# F# Fm x2 A#m G# Thereʼs an insect in your ear F# Fm If you scratch it wonʼt disappear A#m G# Itʼs gonna itch and burn and sting F# Fm Do you want to see A#m G# what the scratching brings F# Fm Waves that leave me out of reach F# Breaking on your back like a beach G# Will we ever live in peace? F# ʼCause those that canʼt do often have to C# Those that canʼt do often have to preach A#m To the ones staring at the sun D# Afraid of what youʼd find F# If you took a look inside C# Not just deaf and dumb A#m Staring at the sun D# Iʼm not the only one F# Whoʼs happy to go blind A#m G# Intransigence is all around F# Fm Military still in town A#m G# Armour plated suits and ties F# Fm Daddy just wonʼt say goodbye A#m G# Referee wonʼt blow the whistle F# Fm God is good but will he listen A#m G# Iʼm nearly great F# But thereʼs something Iʼm missing G# I left in the duty free F# Though you never really belonged to me C# Youʼre not the only one A#m Starinʼ at the sun D# Afraid of what youʼd find F# If you stepped back inside C# Iʼm not sucking my thumb A#m Iʼm staring at the sun D# Not the only one F# Whoʼs happy to go blind
