The Lake

[C]Is it ro[Em]mantic how all [Dm]my elegies [Am]eulogize me?

[C]I'm not cut [Em]out for all these [Dm]cynical clones

These [Am]hunters with cell phones

 

[Em]Take me to the Lakes where all the [F]poets went to die

I don't be[Am]long and, my beloved, neither do [G]you

[Em]Those Windermere peaks look like a [F]perfect place to cry

I'm setting [Am]off, but not without my [G]muse

 

[C]What should be [Em]over burrowed [Dm]under my skin

In [Am]heart-stopping waves of hurt

[C]I've come too [Em]far to watch some [Dm]namedropping sleaze

Tell [Am]me what are my words worth

 

[Em]Take me to the Lakes where all the [F]poets went to die

I don't be[Am]long and, my beloved, neither do [G]you

[Em]Those Windermere peaks look like a [F]perfect place to cry

I'm setting [Am]off, but not without my [G]muse

 

[C]I want auroras and [Em]sad prose

[Dm]I want to watch wis[Am]teria grow right

[C]Over my bare feet 'Cause [Em]I haven't moved [Dm]in years

And [Am]I want you right here

[C]A red rose grew [Em]up out of [Dm]ice frozen ground

With [Am]no one around to tweet it

[C]While I bathe in [Em]cliffside pools

With my ca[Dm]lamitous love and insu[Am]rmountable grief

 

[Em]Take me to the Lakes where all the [F]poets went to die

I don't be[Am]long and, my beloved, neither do [G]you

[Em]Those Windermere peaks look like a [F]perfect place to cry

I'm setting [Am]off, but not without my [G]muse

No, not without [C]you