Bm G Bm As a girl, I lived in a million homes Em So I always would keep to myself C#m And my lessons were learned C#m From the stories and poems C I would steal from a library shelf G#m Yes, the books like the Roots A# Weren't mine to keep F#m Em But the words weren't left behind D#m C#m D# And I think of them all and I can't sleep Bm C#m F# And a poet who read my mind B As the wise men once wrote F# G# Never give all the heart D#m C#m Well, it's easy to see G#m He was writing for me D#m G#m I just wish I could play that part E F# Yes, he scribbled that love isn't worth thinking of D#m That is fades out from kiss to kiss B If I just learned those lines C# C#m Well, just think of the misery I'd miss G# As the Irish men said B D# Don't put your heart up to play B When he warned of the cost F# And the heart that he lost D#m F# Mister Yeats really paved the way C#m For the men that I've known G Who have clearly shown D#m COLO