[ Предположительная тональность: C ] [Verse 1] B B It was midnight, midnight at noon B B Everyone talked in rhyme B B Everyone saw the big clock ticking B C B Nobody knew, nobody knew the time B B Elegant debutantes smiled B B Everyone fought for dimes B C Newspapers screamed for blood Fm Gm It was the best of times [Chorus] Fm C Every place around the world it seemed the same Fm C Can't hear the rhythm for the drums Fm C Everybody wants to look the other way Fm C When something wicked this way comes Bm F Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree Fm Sometimes I stare B Sometimes it's me [Verse 2] B B Everyone told the truth B B All that we heard were lies B B A pope claimed that he'd been wrong in the past Fm G This was a big surprise B B Everyone fell in love B B A cardinal's wife was jailed B C B The government saved a dying planet Fm Gm When popular icons failed [Chorus] Fm C Every place around the world it seemed the same Fm C Can't hear the rhythm for the drums Fm C Everybody wants to look the other way Fm C When something wicked this way comes Bm F Sometimes they tie a thief to the tree Fm Bm Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me Fm Bm Sometimes I stare, sometimes it's me