Careless

Paul Kelly / Paul Kelly and the Messengers: So Much Water So Close to Home (1989)

	G	Bm7	Am7	C
	How many cats	in New York city, -	How many angels	on a pin?

	G	Bm7	Am7	C
	How many notes in a	saxophone, -	How many tears in a	bottle of gin?

	G	Bm7
	How many times did you	call my name,

	Am7	C	G	Bm7	Am7	C
	Knock at the door but you	couldn't get	in?

I've been wrapped up in a shell, - Nothing could get through to me.

Acted like I didn't know, - I had friends and family.

I saw worry in your eyes, - Didn't look like fear to me.

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	-only guitar
	Like a mixture in a bowl, - Like a frozen over lake.

Like a long time faded smile, - Got so hard I had to crack.

	+all
	You were there, you held the line,

You're the one that brought me back.

How many cats in New York city, - How many angels on a pin?

How many notes in a saxophone, - How many tears in a bottle of gin?

How many times did you call my name,

Knock at the door but you couldn't get in?

How many stars in the milky way,

How many ways can you lose a friend?