Noel's Lament

E Am In my life, I was Noel Gruber who worked at Taco Bell in Uranium City, Saskatchewan E Am F E But in my dreams I played a different role. I was Monique Gibeau in Am F E7 Post-war France! [Verso 1] E7 Am A hooker with a heart of black charcoal E7 I write poems to burn by fire light Am Drink champagne and guzzle gin E7 Good girls call me the town bicycle Am Don't knock it till you've tried my life of sin E7 Oh Claude my pimp knows never mess with me Am Last prick did that faded quick to black E7 I have no idea where to find him, officers- But if you do please mention that I'd E Like to have returned the pretty knife Am That I stuck 10 times in his back Dm Am For I sing songs until the break of dawn E7 Am I embrace a new man every night Dm Am My life's one never ending carnival B7 E7 A world of boozy-floozy flashing light Am E7 Am I want to be that fucked up girl ( E7 Am E7 Am ) [Verso 2] E7 He said I think I am in love with you Am I've heard that lie a million times before E7 Oh, but tonight I give in to the fantasy A5 Take love when you can when you're a whore Dm Am For I sing songs until the break of dawn E7 Am I embrace a new man every night Dm Am My life's one never ending carnival B7 E7 A world of boozy-floozy flashing light Am E7 Am A5 I want to be that fucked up girl [Verso 3] E7 So now I sell my love for opium Am In some rat infested Chinese dive E7 At night I burn myself with cigarettes Am Bm C Just to somehow prove I'm still alive E E7 Eight months later I catch typhoid flu Am Kicked out I see the ugly light of day E E7 Dying in an alley, a priest kneels down to me- (Spoken) My child, do you have any final words to the Lord you'd like to say? Oui! Tell him that like Him I choose to burn out rather than fade away Dm Am Em For I sing songs until the break of dawn E7 Am I embrace a new man every night Dm Am My life's one never ending carnival B7 E A world of boozy-floozy flashing light Dm Am For I sing songs until the break of dawn E7 Am I embrace a new man every night Dm Am My life's one never ending carnival B7 E A world of boozy-floozy flashing light Am E7 Am A5 I want to be that fucked up girl I wanna be that fucked up giiiiiirl E7 Broken heart, a flask of gin Am Tattooed with a safety pin E Teeth all stained with nicotine Am A Running nylons, shattered dreams E7 Super crusty, holy terror Am E Wild eyes and black mascara E7 Broken heart, a flask of gin Am Tattooed with a safety pin E Teeth all stained with nicotine Am Running nylons, shattered dreams E Super crusty, holy terror Am E7 Wild eyes and black mascara Am If I could have just one dream I'd be that fucked up girl Hey!