Confessions of a Futon-Revolutionist chords by The Weakerthans

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Intro 1
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Held like water
Verse 1
in you shak
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ing hands are all the small defeats
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a day demands. 10- 6 or 9- 5 trying,
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dying to survive. Never
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knowing what survival means.
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Leave the apartment to buy
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alcohol. Hang our diplomas on
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the bathroom wall. Pick at the
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plaster chipped away,
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survey some stunning tooth decay,
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enlist the cat in the impending
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class- war. Let's lay our bad
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day down here, dear and make- be
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lieve we're strong, or hum
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some protest song. Like maybe
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"We Shall Overcome
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Someday." Overcome the stupid
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things we say. Say I needed
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more than this, say I needed one
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more kiss. We left that light
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on way too long now. Let's plant
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a bomb at city- hall and kill
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an MLA. We'll talk the night away. You call in sick,
I'll quit the
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word- games that I play. I swear
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I way more than half be lieve
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it when I say that somewhere love
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and justice shine.
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Cynicism falls asleep. Tyranny talks
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to itself. Sappy slogans
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all come true. We forget to feed our fear.
Outro 1
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