Smalltown chords by John Cale and Lou Reed
Verse 1
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When you're growing
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up in a small town
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When you're growing
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up in a small town
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When you're growing up in a small town
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You say, "no one famous
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ever came from here"
Verse 2
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When you're growing up in
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a small town
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And you're having a nervous breakdown
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And you think that you'll never
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escape it
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Yourself or the place that you live
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Verse 3
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Where did Picasso come from?
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There's no Michelangelo
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coming from Pittsburgh
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If art is the tip of the iceberg
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I'm the part sinking below
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Verse 4
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When you're
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growing up in a small town
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Bad skin, bad eyes, gay and fatty
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People look at you funny
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When you're in a small town
Verse 5
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My father worked in construction
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It's not something for which I'm suited
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Oh, what is something for
which you are suited?
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Getting out of here
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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I hate being odd in a small town
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If they stare let them stare in New York City
At this pink eyed painting albino
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How far can my fantasy go?
Verse 7
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I'm no Dali coming from Pittsburgh
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No adorable lisping Capote
My hero, oh,
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do you think I could meet him?
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I'd camp out at his front door
Verse 8
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There's only one good thing
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about small town
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There's only one good use
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for a small town
There's only one good thing
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about small town
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You know that you want
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to get out
Verse 9
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When you're growing up in a small town
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You know you'll grow down
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in a small town
There's only one good
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use for a small town
Verse 10
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You hate it and you'll know you have to leave
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