Tonart: C minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Clutching a ten dollar bill in my hand
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Sir John A's face getting
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wrinkled and damp
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I went down to the mall on Saturday
Verse 2
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I made straight for the tape store
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I knew exactly what to look for
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I skipped the candy shop
And the clown with the animal balloons
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Verse 3
I saw it on the rack with
the other new tapes
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That baby face with the gap-
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And I grabbed one quick
Like a pervert in a video store
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Verse 4
I guess I was shy, it was my first time
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So I joined the girls with the
curled bangs in line
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And when I got back home
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I discovered what my ears were for
Verse 5
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That was my first day in the
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Where the sound of a drum or
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the strum of an acoustic
Could pop it all open like
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a blister in the sun
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A world where Johnny played
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guitar and Jenny played bass
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And they started a band just to see their face
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In a magazine, 'cause what else is there to do for fun
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?
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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A few years later, drawing logos of bands
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On backpacks and binders
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and the backs of my hands
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And writing out lyrics
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With the help of rewind, pause and play
Verse 7
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Math class flashed past in a blur of zeros
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Daydreaming about all those
musical heroes
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Who never needed numbers
To say what they had to say
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Verse 8
Meanwhile, I developed an unholy affection
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For the older girls in the smoking section
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With the boots and the buckles
And the pins and the circle a shirts
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Verse 9
Their music was rough but
strangely enough
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Turned out I liked getting angry
and shouting about stuff
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I knew the message
was meaningful
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Though I didn't understand
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a word
Verse 10
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Where the kids are alright,
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You count to four and then play the one
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or two chords you sort of know
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let's go" is a legitimate chorus
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And you can search the stacks
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and thumb the thesaurus
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But there's no synonym for rock and roll
Interlude 2
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Verse 11
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Back at that young and impressionable age
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I never dreamed some day I'd
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be the one on the stage
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But now that I'm here
I guess I have to think
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Verse 12
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So to all the young girls and
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young guys out there
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Experimenting with drugs,
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experimenting with hair
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Press record on your four track
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Or whatever kids are using these days
Verse 13
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It's life or death, but it's also just music
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you don't get to choose it
But once you're hooked,
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you're hooked like a rug or a John
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So hats off to Ivan and all
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Thanks for giving us so many
Thanks for giving us so many
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good reasons to sing along
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