Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Back in the golden years
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Soaking in ballroom tears
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Where all the dresses once
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Had swayed
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Like when the private eye
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Was killed by the robber's wife
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Just when you thought he
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Had 'em made
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Out in the line of fire
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Sinking in the mire
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Or laying in wait behind
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Closed doors
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All clues that lead nowhere
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I would not try to compare
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No, none of my pain to yours
[Chorus]
C#
Oh maybe we'd be better off
A# N.C.
Saying nothing
C# G#
Oh maybe we'd be better off
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Gagged and bound
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Something our oldest friends
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Could tell us
C
But now our friends are
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Not around
C# D#
Oh now the heat is on
[Verse 2]
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I saw the heralds come
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Sing out the starting guns
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All the women standing on
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Broken heels
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Cadillacs of white
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Came out of the sky
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No one behind the
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Driving wheels
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Arc'd in perfect row
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Windshields all aglow
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Slowly driving the clouds
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Apart
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There in the light of day
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I watched em drive away
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With an aching in
Fm
My heart
[Chorus]
C#
Oh maybe we'd be better off
A# N.C.
Saying nothing
C# G#
Oh maybe we'd be better off
D#
Gagged and bound
A#
Something our oldest friends
D#
Could tell us
C
But now our friends are
G# A#
Not around
C# D#
Oh now the heat is on
[Verse 3]
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Something strange about
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The color of the air
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The way the sun shines
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In a nightmare
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Up at the heavens gate
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Standing in the your way
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The things you want surrounded
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By all the things you hate
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Pine and wish for when
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The past comes back again
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But you don't really know
Fm
How it was back then
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I know you like to think
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This world was made for you
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But any fool could see
Fm
That never was true
[Chorus]
C#
Oh maybe we'd be better off
A# N.C.
Saying nothing
C# G#
Oh maybe we'd be better off
D#
Gagged and bound
A#
Something our oldest friends
D#
Could tell us
C
But now our friends are
G# A#
Not around
C# D#
Oh now the heat is on