Key: A major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Some of the things I'm going through
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That what you know is true
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It seems like the done thing to do
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Some people get crazy
Some people get lazy
Some people get hazy
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Some people get out
Verse 2
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Take me away I
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I don't want to be
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like that
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Don't want to be like that
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Verse 3
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You're in college now not in school
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Where the L.A. sun can turn your brains
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To scrambled eggs it's true
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Some people get crazy
Some people get lazy
Some people get hazy
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Some people get out
Verse 4
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Take me away I said take me away
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I don't want to be like
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that
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Don't want to be like
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that
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Some people think that they
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Some people think they're cool
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Some girls think I'm some fool
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And American girls that put t
Heir tongue in your ear
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When they talk on the telephone
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tographers moan and groan
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And the Playboy centerfold leaves me cold
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And that ain't 'cause I'm a fag
That's your style
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Cause that's
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Verse 6
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Take me away I said take me
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away
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I don't want to be like that
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Don't want to be like that yo
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ChordsA F#m D E
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