D C2 You wait for a silenceG D I wait for a wordD C2 Lying next to your frameG D Girl unobservedD C2 You change your positionG D You're changing meD C2 Casting these shadowsD G Where they shouldn't beD C2 We're interruptedG D By the heat of the sunD C2 Trying to preventG D What's already begunD C2 You're just a bodyG D I can smell your skinD C2 And when I feel itD G You're wearing thinD C2 But I've got a plan R:D Em7 Why don't you be the artistC2 G And make me out of clay?D Em7 Why don't you be the writerC2 G Decide the words I say?C2 D Cause I'd rather pretendC2 Em7 I'll still be there at the endG D Only it's too hard to askC2 G Won't you try to help me?D C2 Sat on your sofaG D It's all broken springsD C2 This isn't the place forG D Those violin stringsD C2 I try out a smileG D And I am it at youD C2 You must have missed itD G You always doD C2 But I've got a plan Ref:D Em7 Why don't you be the artistC2 G And make me out of clay?D Em7 Why don't you be the writerC2 G Decide the words I say?C2 D Cause I'd rather pretendC2 Em7 I'll still be there at the endG D Only it's too hard to askC2 G Won't you try to help me?Em7 You wait I waitD Casting shadows InterruptedEm7 You wait I waitD Casting shadows InterruptedEm7 You wait I waitD Casting shadows InterruptedEm7 You wait I waitD Casting shadows Interrupted Ref(2x):D Em7 Why don't you be the artistC2 G And make me out of clay?D Em7 Why don't you be the writerC2 G Decide the words I say?C2 D Cause I'd rather pretendC2 Em7 I'll still be there at the endG D Only it's too hard to askC2 G Won't you try to help me?