Straight Life chords by Eric Andersen

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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People in sub   urbia,
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marketing all that they deserve
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People in the
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Harlem mess, only seeing hopelessness
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I don't know what I   can do,
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I can only do my be st
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I  don't know what you can do,
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what we do is just a guess
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Oh, this straight life is not the life I see
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The straight life is not the
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life for me
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Don't wanna be in any
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foolish dreams
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The straight life is not the life for
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me
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How come politicians can't
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talk any way they want to talk
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If  I try to talk like them, there
ain't a penny for my thoughts
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Oh, the straight life is not the life I see
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The straight life is not the
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life for me
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Don't wanna be in any
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foolish dreams
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The straight life is not the life
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for me
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Love is like au tumn winds
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The winds have got no politicians
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How can we make it on our own?
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Those windy nights we are alone
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Oh, the straight life is not the life I see
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Oh, the straight life is not the life for me
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I don't wanna be in any foolish dreams
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Ooh, this dreary life is not the life I'm in