_Th^{e Po}st_ma_n

Reprinted from Songworm 3

Parody of “The Coachman”, words and music traditional

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Parody lyrics ©1991-01-07 by Bob Kanefsky. All rights reserved. The copyright of the original lyrics and music remain with the holder(s) of the original copyright.

I

Bm once

found the

A truck

of a

Bm post

man

D

Who’d

E worked

in the

Em wake

of the

Bm war

.

I

Bm scav

enged the

A gear

and warm

G cloth

ing

He

Bm nev

er would

F#7 need

any

Bm more

.

I

Bm found

that the

A folks

I en

Bm count

ered

D

In each

E des

olate

Em reg

ion I

Bm crossed

Would

Bm treat

me like

A I

was a

F#sus4 postman

,

A

F# / E sym

bol of

F#7 all

they had

Bm lost

.

Chorus:

But the  G world  hasn’t seen any  D post men, G Not  since the days of my  A youth !   F#7      How  Bm long  can I  E pose  as a  Bm post man    D    F# / E Before  they dis F#7 cov er the  Bm truth ?

They

Bm gave

me their

A let

ters to

Bm carr

y.

D

They

E gave

me their

Em hopes

and their

Bm dreams

.

Of a

Bm civ

ilization re

A stor

ing

G itself

And

Bm not

ripping

F#7 loose

at the

Bm seams

.

As

Bm long

as the

A role

meant sur

Bm viv

al,

D

I’d

E play

it as

Em long

as I’d

Bm dare

.

The

Bm weight

of the message they

A hoped

I would

F#sus4 bring

Grew

F# / E more

than I

F#7 thought

I could

Bm bear

.

Chorus:

For the  G world  hasn’t seen any  D post men, G Not  since the days of my  A youth !  F#7

How

Bm long

can I

E pose

as a

Bm post

man

D

F# / E Before

they dis

F#7 cov

er the

Bm truth

?

They

Bm off

ered me

A trade

goods as

Bm post

age

D

Which I

E took

, like the

Em thief

that I

Bm am

When

Bm mail

flowed once

A more

through the

G towns

on my route,

They

Bm ne

ver sus

F#7 pect

ed the

Bm sham

.

But

Bm late

ly I’m

A see

ing re

Bm build

ing

D

In

E towns

where I’ve

Em conned

a free

Bm meal

.

By

Bm build

ing their

A hopes

up on

F#sus4 my

flimsy lies,

They’re

F# / E tricked

into

F#7 making

them

Bm real

.

And the

G world

never made any

D post

men.

G That’s

for each postman to

A do

F#7

How

Bm long

did I

E pose

as a

Bm post

man

D

F# / E Before

I dis

F#7 cov

ered it’s

Bm true

?