E         Bm             A
Mr. Percy Faith, is your masterpiece complete
       E             Bm             A
I'm in dire need of curing this headache
          E            Bm                A
There are riots in the streets and we're still not on the moon
      E                      Bm               A
And I hear that you've been taken from the airwaves


[Interlude]
E  Bm  A  (x2)


[Verse 2]
E              Bm            A
Joseph Raymond Conniff, I am writing from Seattle
           E                Bm             A
Where they now have put a trademark on the rain
    E              Bm        A
And having just arrived I am staying by the airport
       E               Bm                   A
It was tough to find a room at the Hyatt Inn


[Interlude]
E  Bm  A  (x2)


[Verse 3]
E           Bm      A
Alice in disguises, Bill Close taken hostage
        E      Bm             A
"Dear Loretta, these are my demands"
        E          Bm          A
I'll be selling Arizona to the next potential buyer
          E           Bm                 A
Who comes in from the north in search of sand


[Interlude]
E  Bm  A  (x2)


[Verse 4]
E         Bm            A
Mr. Allan Sherman, I am writing from the future
          E            Bm                  A
Where the people never look you in the eye
          E             Bm            A
And there is no need to talk, and the sidewalks they walk for you
       E              Bm            A
I know everything and yet no one at all