Cm Gm All the rowboats in the paintings Fm They keep trying to row away Cm Gm And the captains ' worried faces Fm Stay contorted and staring at the waves Cm Gm They'll keep hanging in their gold frames Fm For forever, forever and a day Cm Gm All the rowboats in the oil paintings Fm They keep trying to row away, row away Cm Gm Hear them whispering French and German Fm Dutch, Italian, and Latin Cm Gm When no one's looking I touch a sculpture Fm Marble, cold, and soft as satin Cm Gm But the most special are the most lonely Fm God, i pity the violins Cm Gm In glass coffins they keep coughing Fm They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing Cm Gm Fm La La La La La Fm La La La La La La Cm Gm First there's lights out, then there's lock up Fm Masterpieces serving maximum sentences Cm Gm It's their own fault for being timeless Fm There's a price you pay and a consequence Cm Gm All the galleries, the museums Fm Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs Cm Gm They're just public mausoleums Fm The living dead fill every room Cm Gm But the most special are the most lonely Fm God, i pity the violins Cm Gm In glass coffins they keep coughing Fm They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing Cm Gm They will hang there in their gold frames Fm For forever, forever and a day Cm Gm All the rowboats in the oil paintings Fm They keep trying to row away, row away Cm Gm First there's lights out, then there's lock up Fm Masterpieces serving maximum sentences Cm Gm It's their own fault for being timeless Fm There's a price you pay and a consequence Cm Gm All the galleries, the museums Fm They will stay there forever and a day Cm Gm All the rowboats in the oil paintings Fm They keep trying to row away, row away...
