If I Could Just Get It On Paper

F Bb F If I could just get it on paper Bb F The things that have happened tonight Bb F But that seems to me to be the big key G C I'm havin' too good a time to ever turn Out the lights. F Bb F Go to bed wake up eith a clear head F Bb F Recalling what made it a ball Bb F If I could just get it on paper C F I might make some sense of it all F Bb F If I could tell half of the stories Bb F The funny way most things begin Bb F Figure ways to disguse all the half truths and lies G C Find the heart of my song with the point of a pen F Bb F Simple words can become clever phrases F Bb F And chapters could turn into books Bb F Yes if I could just get it on paper C F But it's harder than it ever looks. INSTRUMENTAL F Bb F All alone in the edge of the water Bb F Hidin' out by the Sea of Cortez Bb F With my sketch pads and Flairs, tapes and battery spares G C It's just no comprehendo to what everyone says F Bb F Time alone seemed to work well for Faulkner F Bb F Time away seems to work for the kid Bb F Life and ink they run out at the same time C F Or so said my old friend the squid Bb F Yes if I could just get it on paper tonight C F I could tell you what I think I did.