^BbLaura calls me in the middle of t^Gmhe night ^{C7/G C7}Passes on her ^Ebm7 painful information ^BbThen these careless fingers, t^Bb/Ahey get caught in her v^Gmice ^{C7/G C7}Til they're bleeding on my coffee^F#7 table

^B7Living alone isn't all tha^F7t it's cracked up to b^Gme ^F#7Oh whoa whoa ^B7I'm on her side, why does ^F7she push the poison on ^Gmme? ^F#7Oh whoa whoa ^B*whoa w^Bbhoa

^BbLaura has a ^Gmvery hard time ^{C7/G C7}All her life has^Ebm7 been one long disaster ^BbThen she tells me she ^Bb/Asuddenly believes she's seen a^Gm very good sign ^{C7/G C7}She'll be taking some ^F#7aggressive action

^B7I fight her wars while she's ^F7slamming her doors in my f^Gmace ^F#7Oh whoa whoa ^B7Failure to break was the ^F7only mistake that she ^Gmmade ^F#7Oh whoa w^Bbhoa

^DbHere I am feeling like a fucking ^Eb7fool ^Ebdim/ADo I react the way exac^Abtly she intends me ^Dbto? Db Db /F Eb7 Every time I think I'm off the hook she makes me lose my cool I'm her machine an^Ebdim/Ad she can punch all the^Ab keys And she can push any^Ebdim/A button I was programme^Fd through

^BbLaura calls me when she ^Gmneeds a good fix ^{C7/G C7}All her questions ^Ebm7will get sympathetic ^BbAnswers I should ^Bb/Abe so immunized to all of her^Gm tricks ^{C7/G C7}She's surviving on^F#7 her second chances

^B7Sometimes I feel like this ^F7Godfather deal is all ^Gmwrong ^B7How can she hold an ^F7umbilical chord for so ^Gmlong?

^DbI've done everything I can what else am I supposed to ^Eb7do I'm her machine and ^Ebdim/Ashe can punch all the ^Abkeys And she can push any ^Ebdim/Abutton I was programme^Fd through

^BbLaura loves me even ^Gmif I don't care ^{C7/G C7}That's my problem ^Ebm7that's her sacred abso^Bblution Bb/A Gm C7/g If she had to she would put herself in my chair ^C7Even though I ^F#7faced electrocution

^B7She always says I'm the ^F7best friend that she's ever ^Gmhad ^B7How do you hang up on ^F7someone who needs you that ^Gmbad?