Broken

Words & Music by

Declan Patrick Aloysius McManus (Elvis Costello)

 

Pick a chord, any chord, don't play the 3rd and sustain it throughout this entire song.  That's how to play it.

 

If I am frightened, then I can hide it.

If I am crying, I'll call it laughter.

If I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friend.

If I am bleeding, I'll call it my wine.

But if you leave me, then I am broken.

And if I'm broken, then only death remains.

 

If I am drifting, then I can fight it.

If I am sinking, no-one will know it.

If I am blinded, I'll have my voices still to guide me.

If they yet fled away, I'd bless the silence.

But if you leave me, then I am broken.

And if I'm broken, then only death remains.

 

 




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