IntroEmAmDGEmAmDGVerse 1EmAm
Some said the local lake had been enchanted
DG
Others said it must have been the weather
EmAm
The neighbors were trying to keep it quiet
DG
But I swear that I could hear the laughter
EmAm
So they jokingly nicknamed it the porridge
DG
'Cause overnight that lake had turned as thick as butter
EmAm
But the local kids would still go swimming, drinking
DG
Saying that to them it didn't matter
ChorusAmC
If you just hold in your breath
DG
'Til you come back up in full
AmC
Hold in your breath
DG
'Til you thought it through, you fool
Verse 2EmAm
The genius next door was busing tables
DG
Wiping clean the ketchup bottle labels
EmAm
Getting high and mumbling German fables
DG
Didn't care as long as he was able
EmAm
To strip his clothes off by the dumpster
DG
At night while everyone was sleeping
EmAm
And wade midway into that porridge
DG
Just him and the secret he was keeping
ChorusAmC
If you just hold in your breath
DG
'Til you come back up in full
AmC
Hold in your breath
DGEm
'Til you thought it through, you foolish child
InstrumentalAmCDGAmCDGVerse 3EmAm
In the morning the film crews start arriving
DG
With donuts, coffee and reporters
EmAm
The kids were waking up hungover
DG
The neighbors were starting up their cars
EmAm
The garbage men were emptying the dumpsters
DG
Atheists were praying full of sarcasm
EmAm
And the genius next door was sleeping
DG
Dreaming that the antidote is orgasm
ChorusAmC
If you just hold in your breath
DG
'Til you come back up in full
AmC
Hold in your breath
DGEm
'Til you thought it through, you foolish child
OutroAmDGEmAmDG
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