Cold War Kids - Saint John

cold war kids
“saint john”

B E
suppertime in the hole
B E
suppertime in the hole
B E
i shame my family
B E
shame my home
B E
suppertime . . .

E B G A
old saint john on death row , he’s just waiting for a pardon
E B G A
old saint john on death row , he’s just waiting for a pardon
E B G A
old saint john on death row , he’s just waiting for a pardon
E B G A
old saint john on death row , boy he’s just A – waiting . . .

E B
all the white boys in their stay – pressed slacks , they’re
G A
home for the summer from college
E B G
stayin’ out late , getting rowdy at the bar , they’re looking
A
for trouble uptown
E B G
they come up my block , about 5 or 6 of them , smashin’ their
A
bottles in the gutter
E B G A
yelling all kinds of obscenities , about women and god and law

B E
another suppertime in the hole
B E
suppertime
B
i shame my family
E
shame my home
B E
suppertime . . .

young girl turn the corner with her clerk dress on , that girl was my sister
just got off the night shift at penningtons place , just wanna go home and get some sleep
boys grab her by the waist with their caffeine eyes , their hands all figdet and ’lectric
i picked up a brick from my papa’s front yard and threw it at the tallest boy’s face
well blood was streaming like a well that sprung , i couldn’t believe what i had just done
well the other boys ran and this one stayed on the ground and he would never move again

old saint john on death row , he’s just waiting for a pardon
old saint john on death row , he’s just waiting for a pardon
all us boys on death row , we just waiting for a pardon
all us boys on death row

don’t know this change , hopefully someone can edit this & make it right . . .

yours truly on trial , i testify
i got to keep on running till the well run dry
yours truly on trial , i testify
i got to keep on running till the well run dry
yours truly on trial , i testify
i got to keep on running till the well run dry
yours truly on trial , i testify
i got to keep on running till the well run dry