Paperboy chords by Brad Colerick
Verse 1
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Jimmy throws the papers
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to all the porches of this town
He's up before the daylight
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to spread the warmth around
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He glances at the headlines
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before he wraps those pa pers tight
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This is his time, it's the tail end of the night
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He rides a western flyer
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that he keeps in perfect shape
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And every spring he gives that thing
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a fresh red coat of paint
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His un cle Henry borrowed it
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from the widow down the road
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To help young Jimmy haul his heavy load
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And he loves to read about
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Ted Williams' latest home run
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And he loves to deliver news
of babies being born
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And he rides through the misty morning
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He rides through the quiet streets of town
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He rides and thinks about
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his future plans
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He wants to be a newspaperman,
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a newspaperman
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Susan Moore, the girl next door,
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she's got a little crush
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She knows how to make him smile,
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how to make him blush
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She thinks he's kinda handsome,
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and well, maybe someday
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She wonders what the headline might say
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And early every morning
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she's awakened by a boom
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She springs to life and stumbles
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to the window of her room
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As he rides through the misty mornings,
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he rides through the quiet streets of town,
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he rides and dreams about his future plan
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to be a newspaper man.
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A newspaper man
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With a big desk, black phone
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And a busy glassed -in
office of his own
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Reporters running here and there
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The smell of newsprint in the air
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And gigantic presses kicking out
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All the latest news to read about
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Our lives
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These are our lives
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Funny how a simple dream
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could shape a dreamer's life
Susan got her paperboard
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She got to be his wife
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Jimmy ran the paper
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that he always knew he would
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It was 1963 and life was good
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But no one could imagine
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just how painful it would be
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When the shots rang out to stop the world
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Well, John F. Kennedy
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He was John F. Kennedy
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Oh, running here and there
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And the smell of newsprint in the air
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Gigantic presses kicking out
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All the latest news to read
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about our lives
These are our lives
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Through the misty mornings
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Oh, through the quiet streets of town
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These are hard times
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Oh, these are our lives
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Yeah, our lives
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We we rise, we rise
Outro 1
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Paperboy
Brad Colerick
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