C F C F
Shayla worked in a factory.
C F
She wasn't history.
C
She's just a number.
C F
One day she gets her
C F C F C
final pay and she goes far away.
Am F
Oh o-h oh oh
Am F C
Oh o-h oh oh oh
C F C F
Green trees call to me.
C F C
I am free but life is so cheap.
C F C F
Scenery is still outside of me.
C F C
All alone, trapped by its beauty.
F G
Shayla turned to run away, to
C
leave in peace and end her stay.
F G
Years of fear were in her way.
C
Lost in space and down she came.
F Dm C x2
C F C F C F
Suddenly some subtle entity, some cosmic energy,
C
brushed her like shadows.
C F C F
Down here we stop to wonder.
C F
Cars on the freeway.
C
Bright lights and thunder.
Am F
Oh o-h oh oh
Am F
Oh o-h oh oh
Am F C
Oh o-h oh oh oh
Am F
Oh o-h oh oh
Am F
Oh o-h oh oh
Am F C
Oh o-h oh oh oh
Mick 2002