St Joe Keeps Us Safe

       G
I got sick of the silence,
      Bm
I got tired of the dark,
       C                 D                        Em
I was sleeping in late, I was wasting away, I was dying in small parts.
      G
So I lit up a smoke and,
        Bm
Took a walk through the park.
     C                           D                          Em
The dead leaves scrape concrete making it sound like you're next to me, arm in arm.
      D
I was putting holes in the drywall.
       Em          D            C
I was hoping you'd save me from me.

         G
I'm gonna go see my mother.
          Bm
Take the LIRR.
           C                           D
Walk the cold Brooklyn streets towards Astoria, Queens
        Em
out to West Babylon.
    G
I walked up the driveway.
        Bm
Saw my Daddy's old car.
      C                            D                     Em
He's been gone for months but we covered it up. It still sits in the yard.

Am           D            C
Well I spent my whole life saying I'd never need no one
    G       F        Em
but I think I might need you.
                 Am                       Cm
I think I might need you. I think I might need you.

     G
We sat in the kitchen.
                 Bm
My mother's a soldier of god,
          C
and so paintings of Jesus,
      D                      Em
and statues of saints still adorn all the halls,
             G
But we'll never go hungry,
               Bm
thanks to the infant of Prague,
         C                          D                    Em
and St. Joe keeps us safe cause we buried him deep in a hole in the backyard.
       D
I know things ain't been good since dad died.
    Em           D              C
I know you don't need this from me.

      G
But mama, I'm breaking.
            Bm
There's no light in the dark.
   C                              D                       Em
Dianne left this week. She said, "Son, look at me. I know we ain't been this low before
     G
and I'm sorry Aaron.
             Bm
I know this year has been hard.
      C
If you're hurt then I'm hurt.
      D                        Em
I won't make it worse. I'm always in your corner."

Am           D            C
Well I spent my whole life saying I'd never need no one
    G       F        Em
but I think I might need you.
                 Am                       Cm
I think I might need you. I think I might need you.

Am          Cm
Something's wrong.
        G       F         Em
I been waiting here too long.
       Am                       Cm                 G         F         Em
She said, "I knew something was wrong. You ain't called here in too long.
                 Am                    Cm                     G
Take the car and run. Take the car and run. Take the car and run."