I'm Allowed

[G]   [G/F#]

[Em]Waited for an [Am]answer
Cause [Am/B]I     [C]waited twenty-five [G]years   [G/F#]
[Em]They stopped my [Am]bleeding
But [Am/B]could [C]never stop all those [G]tears   [G/F#]

[Em]Waiting for the [Am]day when
You [Am/B]came [C]out from beneath all that [G]weight [G/F#]
[Em]I've tried to [Am]lift it
[Am/B]But  [C]it seems I got there too [G]late [Am]     [C]

Just too [G]late [Am]     [C]
Just too [G]late [Am]     [C]
I'm al[G]lowed[Am]    [C]

[G]   [G/F#]

Came to the party
But I got my own signals crossed
Thought I was welcome
But I felt like I should get lost

Know that I'm older
'Cause I feel that everywhere
I could talk to no one
'Cause I knew not one person there

No one's there
They just stared
'Cause they're allowed

As vivid as a car-wreck
Watch them dripping off highway ramps
She came to me smiling
With her heart underneath both her hands

She spoke of a French boy
At least two times through the night
It could have been the liquor
Or the music, but that is alright

That's alright
She's allowed
I'm allowed
I'm allowed
I'm allowed