Laments Of A Mattress

A  E  A  E

A
It's a green-striped sheet lifted from me
        B                                 A
I am free of two very heavy bodies
A                              F#m
Once we three had slept soundly
D              B
I couldn't keep them around
B
Fold the blankets down and
E                               A
Found new sleeping ground

A
Bed-springs squeaking
E                                 A
Tires squealing away from one another
            E
We all used to be lovers here
A                     E
Bodies laying say they'll stay just
        A
Like boxes stacked the same way
E
Labeled and separated


[Chorus]

E
Go ahead take the couch
              A
I know I don't wanna sit here next to nobody
E
Go ahead take the fridge
               A
I know I don't want you going hungry yeah
E
Go ahead take the cat
             A
I know you're only gonna be coming back so
D
Go ahead take it all
E                                                D
I know you've been wanting to
B        A                              E
Settle down has it always been
       B            D
Settlin' down


E
One on the left says to the one on the right
A
I could make a very good wife for you
E
One on the right says to the one on the left
A                     E                    A
Let's take this one step at a time
E                                                                     A
One on the right says to the one on the left you know
                  E        A
I need you all the time
E                                                               A
One on the right says to the one on the left
             E                       C#m
I think I changed my mind
B
My insides sing

(x3)
E
A song for the sad ones
E
Who say they'll marry they guess
A
She's wearin' the white dress if he behaves his very best

E  A
Yes


[Chorus]

(x3)
C#m
My elastic steel and spring
B
They will tell you everything
         A
If you lay down for a minute

(x6)
C#m                                       B
The mattress makers makin' his living
                        A
By the minute by the minute