Intro: (descending piano glissando) piano arr. for guitar {2x: band enters 2nd time}: v v v v v v v v ---------------------------------|--------------------------------- ---------3-3---3-4---3-----------|-3-3---3-4---3------------------- ---------3-3---3-5---3-------3---|-3-3---3-5---3------------------- -5-------5-5---5-5---5-------3---|-5-5---5-5---5------------------- ---------------------------------|--------------------------------- -3-------------------------------|--------------------------------- Verse 2: My Amazon six-triggered bride ( Now searching for a place to hide ( Still sees truth quite easily ( Shrouds all else in mystery While madmen in top hats and tails Impale themselves on six inch nails And some Arabian also-ran Impersonates a watering can {repeat intro w/full band after each verse} Verse 2: Some Santa Claus-like face of note Entreats my ears to set afloat My feeble, sick, and weary brain And I am overcome with shame And hide inside my overcoat And hurriedly begin to quote And some Arabian sheik most grand Impersonates a hot dog stand Instrumental break: (guitar solo over verse chords) Verse 3: Red Cross ambulance outside Could only mean that I must hide 'Til dusk and finally the night When I will make a hasty flight Across the sea and far away To where the weary exiles stay And some Arabian oil well Impersonates a padded cell Coda: And some Arabian oil well Impersonates a padded cell {repeat intro; end cold on last of 2nd repeat}