Like Egypt Wasby Michael Penn
As perceived by Paul Furedi (first verse sung over sample) B7 E I shook up-on a bridge B7 E On a fault on the north ridge B7 E B Where I placed a picture of you on my Etch-A-Sketch Bb5 (band enters) Eb5/Bb Bb5 I give you now a river Bb7no3 Eb/Bb It is too a river though Ebm/Bb You may not know Bb5 But it is so Eb5/Bb Bb5 And I do not suspect Bb7no3 Eb/Bb It's the kind you would expect Ebm/Bb In this respect Bb5 C7 It's concrete and cats C7 F Like Egypt was C7 F7 I'm on a three day binge C7 F7 On the lunatic fringe Gm F C7 Palm Desert to the Valley of the Antelope Where you wore colognes Made of human pheromones And I only want to be inside your envelope I'll take you to a river It is too a river though You may not know But it is so I give you now a river Not the kind that you'd expect In this respect It's concrete and cats Like Egypt was I'm on a three day binge On the lunatic fringe From Riverside all the way to Livermore The scent she makes will now emanate Gm F C7 F Until everyone in range collapses to the flo--or C7 F And men will toil C7 F In suits of foil Bb F C F C As they explain that this girl was a-nointed with an o---il I give you now the river It is too a river though You may not know But it is so And I do not suspect It's the kind that you'd expect In this respect It's concrete and cats Like Egypt was Like Egypt was Like Egypt was August 11, 1997 | Press | Site Info | Transcriptions | Main Menu | |