Survive chords by John Mellencamp
Verse 1
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Written by John Mellencamp
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Go on and admit
Verse 2
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it
You can't take it anymore
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So why don't you quit it
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Your scratching off again
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Can't you see it
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Well the whole thing was such a surprise
Verse 3
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I know you and your
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hear crazy notions
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Your pretty girls and no de votions
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Down by the ocean middle class
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Down by the gulf side,
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you let it all slide
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Verse 4
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But now your saying that you don't
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Wanna be a sixteen year old girl,
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aah
But you don't want to turn
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twenty- five
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You never ever, you never ever lied,
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Where you been, aahh
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You got to survive to keep
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yourself alive,
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Yeah- ah, yeah
Verse 5
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It ain't no big deal if your
attitude is wrong
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And you don't know how you feel
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You just cop someone else's ideas
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And masturbate yourself,
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make them your own
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Well I, I don't mean to
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tell you what to do
Cause I've scratched off
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myself a time or two
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Well it just leaves you blue,
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with nothing to do
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And they think I'm crazy when
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I stay up all weekend
Verse 6
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But now your saying that you don't
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Wanna be a sixteen year old girl,
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oh yeah, aah
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But you don't want to turn twenty- five
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You never ever,
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you never ever lied
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Where you been, aahh
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You got to survive to keep
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yourself alive
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Yeah- ah, my na na no, yeah
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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So if I'm walking down
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the street and you see me
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Don't walk on by, say hey man
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You know your looking,
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your looking so fine
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You don't have to mean it, no no
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Its just one of the regular
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lies that we've lived with
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And this is a love song and
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I'm writing it just to survive
Outro 1
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Survive
John Mellencamp
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