G                                    Em
   seeds came in the mail today from holland
         D*                              C
and the language on the package was wonderful and strange
G                         Em
all sorts of flowers that grow up from the earth
   D*                      C
      in goodly colors gloriously arranged

C                           D
i circled the house and i scattered them around
        G                        C
let the water sink down into the soil
Am                           D
   stared a long time at the residue
G                  C
   blood, milk and oil
Am                           D
god the humidity is something
G                  C
our shirts are soaked clean through
Am                           D
the house is throbbing and the heat keeps coming
G                  C
and i keep looking at you

G   Em   Dsus   C

G                              Em
    and then you're singing in dutch to me
         D*                        C
            and i recognize the song
G                      Em
   it seems so old and so fragile
D*                              C
   and i haven't heard it in so long
Am                                 D
   we may throw the windows open later
           G                      C
but we are not as far west as you suppose we are
Am                       D
hot wind coming off the water
G                        C
the sky gone crazy with stars
Am                      D
while we stay here we imagine we're alive
G                      C
we see shadows on the walls
Am                                       D
there's something waiting for us in the hot, wet air
G                 C
sweat, water and alcohol


         G
just the old blood
D*
rising up through the wooden floor again
G
just the old love
C
asking for more again