[Am]I was in my new house placing [F]daydreams [Am]Patching up the crack [G]along the wall [Am]I pass it and lose track of [F]what I'm saying [Am]'Cause that's where I was when [G]I got the call [Am]When the first stone's thrown, [F]there's screaming [Am]In the streets, there's a [G]raging riot [Am]When it's "Burn the b!tch, "[F] they're shrieking [Am]When the truth comes [G]out, it's quiet [Am]So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause [F]she feared the worst And tried to tell the town [Am]So, they filled my cell with snakes, I regret to say [F]Do you believe me now? [Am]I was in my tower weaving [F]nightmares [Am]Twisting all my smiles [G]into snarls [Am]They say, "What doesn't kill you makes you [F]aware" [Am]What happens if it becomes [G]who you are? [Am]So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause [F]she feared the worst And tried to tell the town [Am]So, they set my life in flames, I regret to say [G]Do you believe me now? [Am]They knew, they knew, they knew the [F]whole time That I was onto something [Am]The family, the pure greed, the Christian chorus [G]line They all said nothing [Am]Blood's thick but nothing like a [F]payroll [Am]Bet they never spared a [G]prayer for my soul [Am]You can mark my words that [F]I said it first [Am]In a morning warning, [G]no one heard I patched up the [Am]crack along the [G]wall I [Am]pass it and lose track of what [F]I'm saying [Am]'Cause that's where I was when I [G]lost it all [Am]So, they killed Cassandra first 'cause she [F]feared the worst And tried to tell the town [Am]So, they filled my cell with snakes, [F]I regret to say Do you believe me now? [Am]Ahh-ahh [F]I was onto something [Am]Ahh-ahh [F]They all said nothing [Am]Blood's thick but nothing like a payroll [G]Bet they never spared a prayer for my soul [Am]You can mark my words that I said it first [F]In a morning warning, no one heard [Am]No one heard [G]Not a single word was [Am]heard [Am]When the first stone's thrown, there's screaming [F]In the streets, there's a raging riot [Am]When it's "Burn the bitch, " they're shrieking [G]When the truth comes out, it's quiet [Am]It's so quiet