G C I've kept my head against the wall G C I've been this way for so long now G C You weren't exactly falling over yourself Am D When last I saw you G C Well I always thought G C We'd get along like a house on fire G C Until you told me that I'd have to go Am D How can someone like you, work that slow? [Chorus] G C Whatever you think of me G C You listen hard and I will make you see G C Whatever you think of me Am D You listen hard and I will make you see [Instrumental] G C G C G C Am D [Verse 2] G C I don't feel anything no more G C This state of grace is consuming me G C I'm not grown up and I am not a boy Am D I feel no pain and I feel no joy G C Well, I always thought G C We'd get along like a house on fire G C In those days when the sun was warm Am D I ran in the street where I was born [Chorus] G C Whatever you think of me G C You listen hard and I will make you see G C Whatever you think of me Am D You listen hard and I will make you see [Instrumental] G C Am D G C Am D G C Am D [Bridge] G C The streets are so empty at this time of night Am D I'd rather walk on my own than fight G C In a world where I'd forgotten you Am D I found myself forgotten, too G C That's the danger of believing books Am D And all the lies of those thieves and crooks G C We sing intellectual songs of love Am D G From a stolen pen to a velvet glove, ooh