Dm Dm Dm Dm Am Dm [Verse 1] F C In the little town of Candor in the last year of my youth G Bb I learned the final lesson of the levels to the truth F C My father was a farmer, he'd go tillin' in the ground G Bb Am Dm My mother was a neighbor, she'd go visiting around C But I didn't care Dm For I had found the answer to a plowboys lonely prayer C Am Dm She was the daughter of the Mayor F C The Mayor fought my courtship for he'd made other plans G Bb He saw her married to a better man than a boy with farmer's hands F C I said I hate your father, it's so hard not to strike him G Bb Am Dm She said you know I love you because you're so much like him Dm C And so I'd go sneaking in the evening Em Am F Fmaj7 Am D And there she'd stand a crying in the dawn as I was leaving [Chorus] Dm The Mayor of Candor lied G When he offered me his only daughter Dm The Mayor of Candor tried G To take her off across the water Bb G What a thing to do to a young man in love Bb Dm And what a thing to do to your daughter Dm Am Dm [Verse 2] F C One day with father on his tractor and mother off again G Bb I go to find the Mayor to work out what I can F C But he is not at his office, he is not at his home G Bb Am Dm When I find him in the countryside he is not alone Dm C He's holding a woman and imagine my surprise Em Am F As she jumps back from his arms I look into my mother's eyes The Mayor of Candor Lied! Dm Am Dm F C All my thoughts of outrage, embarrassment and pain G Bb Were washed away but what then went roaring through my brain F C The Mayor's at my mercy and I hear my own voice say G Bb Am Dm Your run for re-election is one month away Dm C And the world will never know of what I've seen here Sir Em Am F Fmaj7 Am D But I'll be with your daughter is my meaning clear Sir? [Chorus] Dm The Mayor of Candor lied G When he offered me his only daughter Dm The Mayor of Candor tried G To take her off across the water Bb G What a thing to do to a young man in love Bb Dm And what a thing to do to your daughter F C My mother looks in horror at this compromise we made G Bb But the Mayor's rueful smile says this piper must be paid F C I had a month of joy in heaven from this deal I'd made in Hell G Bb Am Dm What was to happen then my friend a prophet could not tell Dm/C Dm/Bb Am Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb Am Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb Am Dm [Verse 3] Dm Am/C C The day after his re-election and the victory celebration Em Am Dsus4 Dm The Mayor takes his family on a month long foreign vacation Dm C Oh Coleen, you know how much I love you Em Am F F C/E There is no one I'd ever place above you Dm C Oh Colleen, you don't even know me Em Am F C/E To have you there's nothing that's below me Dm (but time) F C But time always passes after all Em Em/D Am F And as the Summer follows Spring, so does the Winter follow Fall Dm Am Dm Dm Am Dm [Verse 4] F C The day that they returned, I stand waiting in the road G Bb I watch the car drive up, I watch the passengers unload F C Of course she isn't there, of course I should have known G Bb Am Dm The Mayor says that she has stayed, the decision is her own Dm C He says she's finishing her schooling on that unseen foreign shore Em Am F Fmaj7 And I'll tell you very frankly boy, you'll not see her any more [Chorus] Dm The Mayor of Candor lied G When he offered me his only daughter Dm The Mayor of Candor tried G To take her off across the water Bb G What a thing to do to a young man in love Bb Dm And what a thing to do to your daughter Dm Am Dm [Verse 4] F C I spit out my hatred and my fury at his lies G Bb When he says you tried to blackmail me you're just as bad as I F C Go on and do your damndest, throw your mother to the streets G Bb Am Dm You know it's been too many years I had to be discreet Dm C And as he stands there saying we're just two of a kind G Bb Am Dm It hits me like a thunderbolt exploding in my mind Dm As I look into his leering aged wrinkled mirror of my own face Em He laughs and sneers and says - of course dear son Dm Where do you think you came from in the first place? [Chorus] Dm The Mayor of Candor lied G When he offered me his only daughter Dm The Mayor of Candor tried G To take her off across the water Bb G What a thing to do to a young man in love Bb Dm And what a thing to do to your daughter
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