[Convention: each chord is four beats/a full measure. A dash indicates that the chord is held for another measure; two chords with a slash between them are held for two beats/half a measure each.]
|: Love sees love's happiness
- :| but happiness can't see that love is sad sadness is hanging there to show love somewhere something needs a change they need a change
Chorus: |: - They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane
/ to take the house he built for her apart
- to make it break it's gonna take
/ :| a metal ball hung from a chain
they'll need a crane, they'll need a crane to pick the broken ruins up again to mend her heart, to help him start to see a world apart from pain
2. Lad's gal is all he has gal's gladness hangs upon the love of lad some things gal says to lad aren't mean't as bad but cause a little pain they cause him pain
(Chorus)
Bridge:
Don't call me at work again, oh no the boss still hates me
I'm just tired and I don't love you anymore and there's a restaurant
we should check out where the other nightmare people like to go
I mean nice people baby wait I didn't mean to say nightmare
3. Lad looks at other gals gal thinks Jim Beam is handsomer than lad - he isn't bad call off the wedding band nobody wants to hear that one again play that again
(Chorus)
Coda: |: - :| They'll need a crane, they'll need a crane...