drawing straws

music and lyrics by j. baugher

capo 1st chord formations:    

D F#m Em A

we cut our straws all different lengths

and placed them

into her right hand

never think twice--we never thought twice

wonder who the shortest straw belonged to…

never noticed all the beautiful girls

standing on their ledges

their eyes closed

never look back--they never looked back

they each took one step forward

G A G A

    D A F#m G

    into the air, in-to the sunlight

    shadows on the ground move around

    but not quite

    birds above our heads

    but they’re far too far to

    get a better view

    by the time we do, they’re

    gone~

we looked down but there was nobody there

just a pile of shoes and dresses

‘never come back’--they never came back

never heard another word about them

in my hand, i held the shortest of straws

everybody else had

gone on home

never think twice--i’ve never thought twice

so i took one step forward

G A G A

    CHORUS