St Joe Keeps Us Safe

       G
I got sick of the silence,
      Bm
I got tired of the dark,
       C                 D  
I was sleeping in late, I was 
                      Em
wasting away, I was dying in small 
parts.
      G
So I lit up a smoke and,
        Bm
Took a walk through the park.
     C                         
The dead leaves scrape concrete 
  D                          Em
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                  
Walk the cold Brooklyn streets 
         D
towards Astoria, Queens
        Em
out to West Babylon.
    G
I walked up the driveway.
        Bm
Saw my Daddy's old car.
      C                         
He's been gone for months but we 
   D                     Em
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                
I think I might need you. I think I
       Cm
 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                         
and St. Joe keeps us safe cause we 
 D                    Em
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                            
Dianne left this week. She said, 
  D                       Em
"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                
I think I might need you. I think I
       Cm
 might need you.

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