Key: E major
Intro 1
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I've got a little girl,
Verse 1
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though I know it won't be long
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Before she finds another boy who
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will sit her by the fireplace
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And sing her a song
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It feels like there's no safe place
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that's come apart
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And the deafening sound
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Wakes you up with a start
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Is there nowhere that is safe
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Why can't we change the rules so I win
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All I need is an es cape
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A temporary place to hide
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When she's coming in the door when
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she's walking out the door
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Hard to tell which is worse
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That false feeling of relief
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when she comes in
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Or the empty feeling
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when she's gone
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And every night on the streets
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the forces of darkness
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other victory
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And I stand with the timid
waiting for the devil
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To make a martyr of me
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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[Chorus]
up the trucks
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'Cause it's time to move on
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If we only knew where to go
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And even when we're lying together,
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I make sure she falls asleep first
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It seems when things are at their best,
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my mind starts to wander
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To things at their worst
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So do I fall asleep and dream
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of a peace that never will come
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Or do I roll over and let her break
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the glass around my heart
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And set off the
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alarm
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[Chorus]
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