Dental Hygienist Teclado

	        C 
under fluorescent lights that flicker and hiss 
          Am 
there's a dental hygienist with a limp and a lisp 
          F                                               G 
and she's scraping at the teeth in the mouth of a businessman 

        C 
but her mind's not in it, it's somewhere else 
        Am                                             F 
and her eyes move across to the models of teeth on the shelf 
past the charts and the medical gels 
       G 
to the window and the people outside 

       C 
on her way home from work, she'll be standing in line 
               Am 
she'll put the register tape in the bag with the wine 
        F 
and the tv dinner, it's a lonely winter 
      G 
and a long walk home from here 

         C 
he's the manager's assistant at the kinko's downtown 
        Am 
not the one in the mall 
                         F 
but the one by the video store 
that's where she's seen him before 
        G 
but she doesn't remember his name 

            C 
he puts his hands in his pockets when he sees her smile 
              Am 
she pulls her grocery cart to a stop by the potato chip aisle 
F 
haven't seen you around in a while 
G 
guess i've been laying low 

   C 
he offers a ride and she says ok 
           Am 
he's got a yellow chevette, she gets in 
                  F 
he lets the radio play it's a song she heard earlier today 
          G 
and she's tapping her knees to the rhythm of the wiper blades 

C  Am  F  G  C