Bruised Orange

[ G ] my heart’s in the ice house come hill or come valley like A [ C ] long ago sunday when i walked through the alley on A [ G ] cold winters morning to the [ D ] church house just to shovel some [ G ] snow [ G ] i heard sirens on the train tracks howl naked , gettin nuder an [ C ] alter boy had been hit by a local comuter just from [ G ] walking with his back turned to A [ D ] train that was coming so [ G ] slow [ G7 ] you can [ C ] gaze out the window get mad and get maddEr throw your [ G ] hands in the air and say what does it matter but it [ D ] don’t do no good to get [ C ] angry so help me i [ G ] know [ G7 ] for A [ C ] heart stained with anger grows weak and grows bitter you [ G ] become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there wrapped up in A [ D ] trap of your very [ C ] own chain of [ G ] sorrow [ G ] i’ve been brought down to zero pulled out and put back there i sat [ C ] on a park bench kissed the girl with the black hair and my [ G ] head shouted down to my heart you [ D ] better look out [ G ] below [ G ] well it ain’t such a long drop don’t stammer , don’t studder from the [ C ] diamonds in the sidewalk to the dirt in the gutter you’ll be [ G ] carrying those bruises to [ D ] remind you wherever [ G ] you go you can [ C ] gaze out the window get mad and get maddEr throw your [ G ] hands in the air and say what does it matter but it [ D ] don’t do no good to get [ C ] angry so help me i [ G ] know [ G7 ] for A [ C ] heart stained with anger grows weak and grows bitter you [ G ] become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there wrapped up in A [ D ] trap of your very [ C ] own chain of [ G ] sorrow [ G ] my heart’s in the ice house come hill or come valley like A [ C ] long ago sunday when i walked through the alley on A [ G ] cold winters morning to the [ D ] church house just to shovel some [ G ] snow [ G ] i heard sirens on the train tracks howl naked , gettin nuder an [ C ] alter boy had been hit by a local comuter just from [ G ] walking with his back turned to A [ D ] train that was coming so [ G ] slow [ G7 ] you can [ C ] gaze out the window get mad and get maddEr throw your [ G ] hands in the air and say what does it matter but it [ D ] don’t do no good to get [ C ] angry so help me i [ G ] know [ G7 ] for A [ C ] heart stained with anger grows weak and grows bitter you [ G ] become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there wrapped up in A [ D ] trap of your very [ C ] own chain of [ G ] sorrow