Abergavenny 2005
Words and music by Richard Homer
4/4 145 bpm Intro Am F Am twice
Am F Am
I want to be with you / tonight, sweet / thing
Am F Am
but when I called your place, / you weren’t / there
G Am
so I waited, in the cold, despairing / air
G Am Am
thinking by the phone that didn’t bother to / ring
F G Am F G Am
ooh, / I just want to be with / you
The phone, the wiring, and I / hang in / there
I’m watching, listening for the / ring tone / light
to beat me away from the lonesome / air
of yet another windy, frozen / night
ooh, / I just want to be with / you
C G C G
Oh why, oh / why, / you didn’t / call me?
C G C G
Oh why, oh / why, / you didn’t think of / me?
F G Am
Why can’t you / take me in / embrace
F G Am
in the way of the / jungle, where we can / erase the trace
two fifteen in the morning; an / empty / night
of an icy, bright-star skyscape / raw and / clear
I again think why things just can’t work out / right
thinking why you are not with me / here
ooh, / I just want to be with / you
icing on the window / frame / appear
the road, the houses empty, / bleak and / bare
a lonely bike boy roars by in high / gear
breaking up the orange street light / air
ooh, / I just want to be with / you
C G C G
Oh why, oh / why, / you didn’t / call me?
C G C G
Oh why, oh / why, / you didn’t think of / me?
F G Am
Why can’t you / take me in / embrace
F G Am
in the way of the / jungle, where we can / erase the trace
