Frail Grasp On The Big Picture
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Bm Bm Bm E
WBmell ain't it a shame
TBmhat our short little memories
NBmever seem to learn
TEhe message of history
WBme keep makin' the same mistakes
OBmver and over and over and over again
ABmnd then we wonder why
WEe're in the shape we're in
GBmood ol' boys down at the bar
PBmeanuts and politics
TBmhey think they know it all
TEhey don't know much of nothing
EBmven if one of them was to read the newspaper
CBmover-to-cover
TBmhat ain't what's going on
JEournalism's dead and gone
FBmrail grasp on the big picture
LBmight fading and the fGog is getting tAhicker
It's a fBmrail grasp on the big picture
Dark agesG
You my love-drunk friend
All that red wine and candlelight
Soulful conversations
That go on until the dawn
How many times can you tell your story?
How many hangovers can you endure
Just to get some snogging done?
You're living in a hormone dream
You don't have the slightest notion
What long-term love is all about
All your romantic liaisons
Don't deal with eternal questions like:
Who left the cap off the freaking toothpaste?
Whose turn to take the garbage out?
Frail grasp on the big picture
You keep on rubbin' that, you're gonna get a blister
It's a frail grasp on the big picture
I've seen it all before
And we pray to our Lord
Who, we know, is American
He reigns from on high
He speaks to us through middlemen
And he shepherds his flock
We sing out and we praise His name
He supports us in war
He presides over football games
And the right will prevail
All our troubles shall be resolved
We hold faith above all
Unless there's money or sex involved
Frail grasp on the big picture
Nobody's calling them for roughing up the kicker
It's a frail grasp on the big picture
Heaven help us
Frail grasp on the big picture
All waiting for that miracle elixir
Frail grasp on the big picture
I don't wonder anymore
Frail grasp on the big picture
Somebody says, "You brought her here
So go ahead and kiss her."
Frail grasp on the big picture
Frail grasp on the big picture
Light fading and the fog is getting thicker
It's a frail grasp on the big picture
Frail grasp on the big picture
Frail grasp on the big picture