verse 1
C
In my mind I write you letters all the time
Am G
Somehow I never get the pen to paper
C
And in my life my words always rhyme
Am G
And it's a shame I don't hate her or blame her
verse 2
C
Look at that I'm 29
Am G
And not much has changed since the last time we danced
C
And I'm good, I'm good I swear to god I'm fine
Am G
I'm just scared to death to take a chance
C Am G
I think you're crazier than me
C Am
I think you're crazy as can be
G C
And it frightens me so enlighten me
verse 3
C
I got your note about the day the girl fell --
Am G
A five story window I don't know too well
C
And I never wrote you back (can't you tell?)
Am G
That in my mind the image just climbs
verse 4
C
I spent too long with the wrong kinds of men
Am G
One went to Iraq, came back, but fled again
C
And I think of them - I do, now and then
Am G
It only reminds me, that's all behind me
C Am G
I think you're crazier than me
C Am
I think you're crazy as can be
G C
And it frightens me so enlighten me
Verse 5
C
The things in this life we're striving to get
Am G
Are the same as those finding us fools of regret
C
I remember clearly the day we met
Am G
'Cause your voice was crystal and your hair was so gold
Verse 6
C
The need for new love — it's loyalty to an old
Am G
Though I don't believe it's what I'm being told
C
Remember on the platform we stood in the cold?
Am G
I wonder how we'll stand it, one day when we're old . . .
C Am G
Will you still be crazy about me?
C Am
Will you still be crazy as can be?
G C
'Cause it frightens me enlighten me
Verse 7
C
Now who'd ever guess one day we'd cross feet
Am G
The corner where Houston and Essex Street meet
C
And who'd ever guess you'd envision our kid
Am G
In the back of a car drivin' over a bridge
Verse 8
C
I don't know how much more I'll take of all this
Am G
Do we come apart or do we join at the hip?
C
Or do we both flip a coin; heads or tails — tell me quick —
Am G
Heads means let's say tails says walk away!
C Am G
I think you're crazy, I think you're crazier than me
C Am
I think you're crazy as can be
G C
And it frightens me enlighten me
Verse 9
C
Time passes on and we pick up the pen
Am G
Though we barely write a word before we put it down again
C
I'm asking myself ain't the sole intention
Am G
To be riddled with love without any question?
verse 10
C
It's time we give the lunatic business arrest
Am G
You're borderline romantic at worst I guess
C
I made a mistake, I got it all wrong
Am G
It's me who's insane but for the sake of my song
C Am G
I made you crazier than me
C Am
I may be crazy as can be
G C
And it frightens me so enlighten me
Outro
C
I write you letters all the time in my mind
C
I write you letters all the time in my mind
C
I write you letters all the time in my mind
C
I write you letters . . .