Belle and Sebastian

There is ^D misery in all I ^A hear and see, from the ^G people on T.V. ^D
After their ^C tea when life be ^G gins again, they'll be ^Em happier than ^A me
There are a ^D thousand meals being made on ^A Saturday
From the ^G view I saw toda ^D y, I took a be ^C t inside the ^G launderette,
With a ^Em girl from Walle ^A sey
She spoke in ^D dialect, I could not ^A understand, but one ^G thing that
She made ^D clear, there was no ^C coming on to ^G her, there was no ^D way.
Interlude from D: A G D C G Em A x2
(Repeat Verse)
Conclusion:
There was no ^C coming on to ^G her, there was no i ^G ntellect, that she
^Em Could respect, if it ^D couldn't see, that the ^C girl just wants to b ^Em e
Left al ^G one with Marx and ^D Engels for awhile,
She's ^C writing in style, of a ^Em ny riot girl. ^A
What a ballad; Aquinas says 'pulcra sunt quae visa placent'
...perhaps if Belle and Sebastian were around in his day,
he would have changed eyes to ears.
R. T. Devitt.