"The Derelict"

[David]

One of the greatest Fleetwood Mac songs of all time ... it's as fresh today as the day it was released. It may seem even fresher. A great deal in the song's references that was conventional & almost banal in Watergate era 1973 is so far in the past as to have been forgotten & become new. The Pop characterizations seem modern, & rather better than they did at the time. New Mac audiences may enjoy Dave Walker's theatrical flamboyance even more than earlier generations did, because they're so unfamiliar with the traditions it came out of.

(G) Oh I slept in a (D) derelict
And I (C) ate off the (G) floor
I was wrapped in a (D) blanket
As a (C) knock came on the (G) door
You can (Em) get out of (Am7) here
Said a (C) man in a (Cm) raincoat
So I (G) moved in with (D) you and you (C) loved me (G)

Took a trip down the highway
And I spoke with my folks
It's a serious business
And there's no time for jokes
You can get out of here
Said a middle aged lady
So I moved in with you, and you loved me

Yes you loved, you loved me
There was so much at stake
Too much confusion
I'd had all I could take
No more get out of heres
From a man in a raincoat
Cause I moved in with you, and you loved me