The Days of Pearly Spencer

Dm A tenement, a dirty street C Walked and worn by shoeless feet Dm Inside it's long and so complete C G7 Watched by a shivering sun Dm Old eyes in a small child's face C Watching as the shadows race Dm Through walls and cracks and leave no trace C G7 And daylight's brightness shuns Dm C The days of Pearly Spencer Dm C Dm The race is almost run Dm Nose pressed hard on frosted glass C Gazing as the swollen mass Dm On concrete fields where grows no grass C G7 Stumbles blindly on Dm Iron trees smother the air C But withering they stand and stare Dm Through eyes that neither know nor care C G7 Where the grass is gone Dm C The days of Pearly Spencer Dm C Dm The race is almost run Dm Pearly where's your milk white skin C What's that stubble on your chin Dm It's buried in the rot gut gin C G7 You played and lost not won Dm You played a house that can't be beat C Now look your head's bowed in defeat Dm You walked too far along the street C G7 Where only rats can run Dm C The days of Pearly Spencer Dm C Dm The race is almost run Dm C The days of Pearly Spencer Dm C Dm The race is almost run Dm C Dm The race is almost run Dm A tenement, a dirty street C Remember worn and shoeless feet Dm Remember how you stood to beat C G7 The way your life had gone Dm So Pearly don't you shed more tears C For those best forgotten years Dm Those tenements are memories C G7 Of where you've risen from Dm C The days of Pearly Spencer Dm C Dm The race is almost run ambChile