F
Bb
F
Bb
F
Levon wears his
Bb/F
war wound like a
F
crown
Bb
He calls his child J
F
esus
C/E
`Cause he likes the
Dm
name
And he s
Am
ends him to the fi
Bb
nest school in to
Gm7
wn
F
Levon,
L
Bb/F
evon likes his m
F
oney
Bb
He makes a lot they s
F
ay
C/E
Spend his days c
Dm
ounting
In a g
Am
arage by the
Bb
motor
Gm7
way
Am
He was born a
Dm7
pauper to a
F/C
pawn on a
Bb
Christmas
day
When the
F/A
New York Times said
Gm7
God is dead
And the
F
war’s
begun
Bb
Alvin Tostig
F/A
has a son to
Gm7
day
And he shall be
Bb
Levon
And he shall be a
F/A
good
man
And he shall be
Bb
Levon
In tradition with the f
F/A
amily
plan
And he shall be L
Bb
evon
And he shall be a g
F/A
ood
man
Bb
He shall be Le
C7sus
von
C
F
Bb/F
F
Bb/F
Levon sells cartoon balloons in town
His family business thrives
Jesus blows up balloons all day
Sits on the porch swing watching them fly
And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus
Leaving Levon far behind
Take a balloon and go sailing
While Levon, Levon slowly dies
F
Bb/F
F
Bb/F