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A Better Place To Be
It wDas an early morDning barroom
And the plaD7ce had just opened Gup
And a lEmittle man came Emin so fast
And hEme started at his cupsA7
And the brDoad who served the whDiskey
She was a D7big old friendly Ggirl
Who tEmried to fight her eEmmpty nights
ByEm smiling at the world A7
And she Gsaid "Hey, bub, it's bAeen a while
F#mSince you've been around B7
Where the Emhell you been hidiAng
And wGhy you look so down D
Well, the Glittle man sAat there
Like he'd neGver heAard a sound D
The wCmaitress she gave outG with a cough
And Bbacting not the leastF put off she spokeEm once agAain
She said D"I don't want to bothGer you
ConEmsider it's understooEmd Em Em
I Aknow I'm not Emno beEmauty queEmen
But I Asure cEman lA7sus4isten good D
And the Glittle man
Took his Adrink in his hand
And he rEmaised it to his lips D
He Gtook a couple sips D
And then he Em7told the waitAress this sDtory
I Dam the midnight watchmAman down at CMiller's GTool and Die D
And I watchG the metal rusF#mting, I Bmwatch the time go by C
A Aweek ago at the dinGer I F#mstopped to get a bite B7
And tEmhis here lovely laAdy she sat Gtwo seatEm7s fromA my Dright
And GLord, Glord, Em7lord, (LGord, LGord, Em7Lord) Dshe was alright
YoDu see she was so damn Ambeautiful that she could waCrm a wiGnters froDst
But sGhe looked long past lF#monely and wBmell nigh onto Clost
Now IA'm not much of a moGver or a piF#mck'em up easy B7guy
But I deEmcided to glide on ovAer and give hGer Em7one good tDry
And GLord, Glord, Em7lord, Gshe waGs wortEm7h a try D
WeDll I was tongue tied like a schAmoolboy, I stamCmered oGut some woDrds
It did nGot seem to mF#matter much 'cause BmI don't think she Cheard
She juAst looked clear on thrGough me to a sF#mpace back in my hB7ead
It shEmamed me into silAence as quiGetly Em7she sDaid
If you wDant me to come wGith you
Then tEmhat's all right with Emme Em Em
A'Cause I know IEm'm goEming no-wEmhere
And aAnywhere's a Embetter A7sus4place to Dbe
AAnywheres a Embetter plA7sus4ace to Dbe
Well, I Ddrove her to my boaDrding house
And I D7took her up to my room G
And I Emwent to turn on the Emonly light
EmTo brighten up the gloom A7
But she Dmsaid, "Please leave the light off,
Oh, GmI don't mind the dark"
And as her clFothes all tumbled 'round her
Asus4I could hear my Aheart Asus4 A Asus4 A
The Dmoonlight shone uAmpon her as she lCay back Gin my bDed
It was the Gkind of scene I F#monly had imaBmgined in my Chead
I Ajust could not Gbelieve it to F#mthink that she was rB7eal
And aEms I tried to tAell her, she said "SssGsh, I knEm7ow just how you fDeel
And if you Dwant to come here Gwith me
Then Emthat's all right with Emme Em Em
Cause AI've been so lonEmely Em Em
Lovin' sAomeone is a bEmetter waA7sus4y to beD
AAnywhere's a Embetter A7sus4place to Dbe
Well the Dmornin' came so Amswiftly I Cheld her Gin my aDrms
And sGhe slept like a F#mbaby, Bmsnug and safe from Charm
I Adid not want to shGare her or F#mdare to break the mB7ood
So befEmore she woke I Awent out to Gbuy us both some fDmood
I cDmame back with my paper bag to Gmfind that she was gone
She'd Fleft a six-word letter sayin' "It's tGmime that I moved Don"
You know the Dwaitress she took her baDr rag and she wiD7ped it across her eyeGs
And Emas she spoke her Emvoice came out asEm something like a sigh A7
She said I wDish that I was Dbeautiful or that D7you were halfway Gblind
And EmI wish I weren't so GEmod-damned fat, EmI wish that you were A7mine
A7And I wish Gthat you'd come wiAth me F#mwhen I leave for home B7
For we Emboth know all 'bout empAtiness and Glivin' Emall alone D
DAnd the litEm7tle man looked at the empF#mty glass in his hand and he smiledEm7 a crooked in
He said "IEm7 guess I'm out of gDin and I knoEm7w we both have Dbeen so GloneEm7ly A
And if you wDant me to come Gwith you then that's alright with Emme
'Cause I Aknow I'm going Emno-where and Aanywhere's aEm7 better A7place to Dbe D G D
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