The Pointless Yet Poignant Crisis Of A Co

Intro: Dm G Am Dm I'm not a leader G C I'm not a left-wing rhetoric mobilizing force of one Dm But there was a time way back G C Many years ago in college, don't laugh Dm But I thought I was a radical G Am I ran a Hemp Liberation group with my boyfriend Dm It was true love G C G Am With a common cause, and besides that, he was a Sagittarius Dm We used to say that our love was like hemp rope G Am Three times as strong as the rope that you find domestically Dm And we would bond in the face G C Of oppression from big business and the deans Dm But I knew there was a problem G Am Every time the group would meet, everyone would light up Dm Made it difficult G C G Am To discuss glaucoma and human rights, not to mention chemotherapy Instrumental: (Godawful discordant racket) Dm Well sometimes G Am Life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging Dm G C So I found him in the arms of a Student Against The Treacherous Use Of Fur Dm And he gave no apology G Am He just turned to me, stoned out to the edge of oblivion Dm G C He didn't pull up the sheets and I think he even smiled as he said to me, N.C. "Well, I guess our dreams went up in smoke, uh huh huh" And I said, "No, our dreams went up in dreams, you stupid pothead" Dm And another thing, G Am "What kind of a name is Students Against the Treacherous Use of Fur? Dm Fur is already dead G C G Am And besides, a name like that doesn't make a good acronym" Dm I am older now G Am I know the rise and gradual fall of a daily victory Dm And I still write to my senators G C Saying they should legalize cannabis, and I should know Dm 'Cause I am a horticulturist G Am I have a husband and two children out in Lexington, Mass. Dm G And my ex-boyfriend can't tell me I've sold out C G Because he's in a cult C G C And he's not allowed to talk to me