4x Gm A# D# D# Gm A# D# I like the powder blue dresses Gm The stewardesses wear on Korean Air. A# D# The skin's divine and their bodies so fine. Gm They're all the same height and they have the same waistline. A# D# But there is one who stood apart Gm Her name-tag read "J.H. Park." A# D# She had a white watch and a muted spark, F And I thought about her when the night grew dark Gm D# And my hotel room in Tokyo, F And by the time that I awoke, Gm D# My guitar was broken and in need of repair. F Thanks for the hassles, Korean Air. Gm D# But I hurled myself through one last show F And I made a few friends, Shoko and Koko. Gm D# Walked them down to the train station below, Hugged them goodbye and as I walked back I... Gm A# D# Remembered a girl who I had lost. Gm She grew up in a cardboard box A# D# In a town called Dharma. Gm She shook my spirit and she rattled my thoughts. A# D# But I had some love back home, Gm So I never pursued it or called her telephone number. A# D# I wonder if she knew that I had reason, F I wonder if she thought that I had used her. Gm D# And by the time that I awoke, Around my neck I felt fingers choke. F Gm D# I felt a jolt of an electrical sting, F I felt the pull of an invisible string. Gm D# Is it my future falling? Or is it the past still calling? F Gm D# I can't remember and you can't make me remember Anything that hurts or makes me shiver. A# D# Gm I can't remember and you can't make me remember F My dirty reflection shimmering in the rain. A# D# Gm I can't remember and you can't make me remember F Old forgotten blues when we opened my house. A# D# Gm F I can't remember and you can't make me remember. A# D# Gm F I can't remember and you can't make me remember. 2GFAA# Gm A# D# Was five years old the last time I slept Gm A quiet night before the loudness crept. A# D# I wrote poetry throughout my teens, Gm And I far exceeded my childhood dreams. A# D# Teachers told me I couldn't write, Gm That I'd never make a living or touch anyone's life. A# D# People told me I couldn't sing, F That I wouldn't amount to much of anything. Gm D# And by the time that I awoke, I was 25 years old and crossing an oceans, F Gm D# Working hard to develop my sound F Going city to city, covering ground. Gm D# And by the time that I had awoke F I was one of a handful of the chosen Gm D# To take the punches to take the arrows To bleed the blood, the blood of sweat. A# D# Gm I can't remember and you can't make me remember F Any hurtful words that I endured. A# D# Gm I can't remember and you can't make me remember F When I was a lost flockless bird. A# D# Gm I can't remember and you can't make me remember F When I couldn't trap bumblebees. A# D# Gm I can't remember and you can't make me remember F Gm FA# Why in a crowd I am so lonely. Gm A# D# I met the most beautiful lover, Gm Walking along the San Francisco Bay. A# D# She guides me through the perils, Gm Through the long, unlit hallways. A# D# Below the surface, beneath the distractions Beneath my dumb, knee-jerk reactions. Gm A# D# It's to her I owe everything, It is for her that my heart sings. Gm A# D# And by the time that I awoke Gm the fingers loosened on their choke A# D# And by the time that I awoke.