Andrew Barth Feldman - Penn Station (Live)

[Intro]
G C G C

[Verse 1]
G C G
Wide shot of hundreds of people running to their trains
C Csus4
G Csus4 C G C
Cold lights and all the construction and the patter of projected rain
G C G C
There was two men and a couple of kids with a tear filled with pain
G C
They can’t say a word but their wishes are all written out in the
G C
blacks of their eyes

[Verse 2]
G A
This was their plan all along
G A
They knew they’d have to be strong
C
But how could they know about the love that they’d bring?

That in just two months they would change everything
G C
But as she goes onto the train
G
It’s so so [ABF gets a call]

[Verse 3]
G C G Bm C
Thinking about buying a ticket, hopping on board
G C
As he reads the letters she wrote him
G C Em D
She leads to pour her emotions on her way to some-it’
C B Am G C
‘Cause all the risk was worth the reward they know
Am7 B C
But they can’t let go

Em Dm C Bm A A7
Of this e ver green sen sa tion
Em D G
That they left there at Penn Station
C G Bm C

[Verse 4]
G C G Bm C
Montage of her in her car as she drives back to school
G C Em
Still shot of him in his bed ‘cause he won’t be getting up
D C
anytime soon
E G A7
They do all the textbook stuff
D C G A
Knowing their love was enough
C Cmaj7
But feeling mature for the choice that they made
Am G
As the sun sets on another day
C
But they’re just afraid that when

[Verse 5]
G C
He goes off on his own
G C
That he won’t remember the tone
G
Of their voices together
C G D C
When they sang all the music they made
G C
And now she’ll say that he couldn’t hurt her
G C Em D
But she’s ok with the premature murder of all of the dreams
C Bm Am G C
They were too smart to speak into promises
Am G C
They’re accomplices
Em D E Bm A7
It’s a man-made constellation
D A#
That they left there at Penn Station

[Bridge]
C
And every night
G
Through every song
A# F
Tells them life is too short
G
But eight months is too long
A# C G F E7
It feels like an ending that hopefully has an end
Am7
So in the meantime, they write about it
Cm G
Like it didn’t happen to them
C G

[Verse 6]
C G C
So as he tries to go/grow even more
G C
As she tries to get back to before
G
Maybe they’ll understand
C G Bm C
That they’re only running back home

[Verse 7]
G C
They take it one day at a time
G C
And that one day the words will all rhyme
Em D C Bm
And they’ll be back in space with the moon and the stars
Am G C
And the year that passed
Am G C
And the years that will last
Em D C G A7
If they lose their hesitation
D A
If you still want this creation
D C G
Then I’ll see you at Penn station

[Outro]
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