Date: 13 Apr 98 18:14:03 -0700 From: "Parker Lord" Subject: b/box_set/a_little_colder.pro # A Little Colder, Performed by Box Set # Transcribed by Parker Lord # Comments to: pjlord@best.com # CAG 3 times C Am G Once a poet laid the world within his hands C Am G He'd been around a time or two thought he'd understand C Am G Once a woman felt the burning of a man C Am G She laid him in her cross hairs and started home again F Where the bottles sit half empty C G Next to suicide and sin Am D Their hearts a little darker by design Chorus G Em C I'm not crazy 'bout the world Am G I'm not crazy 'bout myself Em C I run around an open book Am G Making time for someone else Em C I lay my consciense on the line Am D And I can make the world a little colder if I try. C Am G Once a levee lost the might for standing strong C Am G Shattered under pressure that water swept along C Am G Once the poet found his inspiration gone C Am He grabbed the wheel with both his hands just to keep him holding G on F To the bottle in the bedroom C G And the promise in the dawn Am D His blood a little thicker over time Chorus C D C Every evening with my back against the wall D C Powerless to persecute, powerless to call D C As the poet grappled for the meaning of it all Am D He rose a little wiser from the dust Chorus