Verse 1AmFCG
I met him, during the second world war
AmFCG
I wore glasses, he wore a scar
AmF
He told me I looked like his mother
CG
who he'd loved very much
AmF
I told him he looked like my brother
CG
who had always liked to touch me
[Refrain 1
DmAm
And we made love, in the room
EmBm
in which we would die
DmAm
And we made love in that room
EmBm
only God knows why
InstrumentalAmFCGVerse 2AmFCG
Clocks were ticking, or was it, a bomb?
AmFCG
People were singing, or was it crying all along?
AmFCG
Time was ticking away, both too slow and too fast
AmF
Sometimes we yearned for the future
CG
sometimes we wished for the past
[Refrain 2
DmAm
And the working would set us free
EmBm
but all it did was killing me
DmAm
but I'm not saying that they lied
EmBm
'cause in the end the were right
InstrumentalAmFCGVerse 3AmFCG
He gave me his number, for they had taken his name
AmFCG
I showed him mine, it was almost the same
AmF
And he smiled the only smile he remembered,
CG
like a star too far away
AmF
and he told me, if you mix all the colors
CG
you'll end up with black and gray
[Refrain 3
DmAm
And it was those two colors
EmBm
that filled our lives
DmAm
Not only our minds and bodies
EmBm
but also the skies
InstrumentalAmFCGOutroAmFCG
I met him during, the second world war
AmFCG
I wore glasses, he wore a scar
AmF
He told me I looked like his mother
CG
and that his heart was all mine
AmF
I told him he would be a father
CG
if it weren't for time
End on Gm
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