Hank Garfield

[Verso 1] A E A I’m a horizontal boy in love with a vertical girl A E We live on the same street, but we’re walking in two different worlds D E She’s looking up at the stars D E I’m skulking around in these bars D E A I’m a horizontal boy in love with a vertical girl [Verso 2] A E A I can’t tell if I’m living in the movie or the book A E She’s a tall order, but I’m just a short-order cook D E She’s picking the fruit from the trees D E While I’m down here on my knees D E A I’m a horizontal boy in love with a vertical girl Bm Sometimes I don’t know what to do with myself C#m Dm7 I can’t reach the cookies on her top shelf E D E A I’m a horizontal boy in love with a vertical girl [Verso 3] A E A I fall flat on my face every time she smiles at me A E She flies off into space every time I go out to sea D E I’ve been spreading myself too thin D E Oh you don’t know the shape I’m in D E A I’m a horizontal boy in love with a vertical girl Bm Sometimes I get that lonesome feeling C#m Dm7 Like watching Michaelangelo paint the ceiling Inter E D E A [Verso 4] A E A I’m a horizontal boy in love with a vertical girl A E If she’d let down her hair I could climb to the top of her curls D E I’m trying to find a way from the street D E To the door of her penthouse suite A E A I’m a horizontal boy in love with a vertical girl