E B A In the overgrowth of the underbrush Am/C Shown a fossil tooth which I must have dropped E/B B A FB very long ago which reminded me how we wound up where we are now E B A Right through those trees, I'm not insane Am/C That's where we came into this place E/B B and if you squint, if you squint your brain A F B I'll take my paints and try to paint E B/D# Canajoharie A/C#E/B Canajoharie F#m A Where a front flipper first evolved on the day F#m B When a daring mudskipper dragged itself away E B/D# Out of Canajoharie A/C# E/B Canajoharie F#m A Call me sentimental but I want to go back F#m B And commemorate the place with a historical plaque E B A It's as if a fin, reaching from the swamp Am/C Grabbed me by my arm, tried to pull me in E/B B But my arm was strong A F B And the fin was an inaccurately reconstructed fake E B A It was right through those trees, I'm not insane Am/C That's where the fin tried to drag me in E/B B Don't look at me, look at where I'm pointing A F B Close your eyes, see what I see E B/D# Canajoharie A/C# E/B Canajoharie F#m A I get the creeping feeling all my old friends are gone F#m B And that this baby tooth no longer fits in my skull bridge: GACACADBBD# E B A If you can draw it in the air Am/C Or write it down, then you weren't there E/B What's gone is mute B Someone changed the truth A They smoked the proof F B And there's nothing left of E B/D# Canajoharie A/C# E/B Canajoharie F#m A Where a front flipper first evolved on the day F#m B When a daring mudskipper dragged itself away F#m B Where a rocket ship experiment went awry F#m B When the prototype exploded on the launching site E B/D# Back in Canajoharie A/C# E/B Canajoharie F#m A Call me sentimental but I want to go back F#m B And commemorate the place with a historical plaque