Verse
C# C#/C
I wish my life was like a John Hughes movie
C# C#/C
Good times and easy on the dark side
C# C#/C
I wish my life was like a John Hughes movie
C# C#/C C#
Bright lights, always looking for a better life
N.C.
We were looking for each other
C# Fm F# C#/C C#
In the bars on the west side
N.C.
We were looking for the summer
C# Fm F#
When it's cold outside
C#
This is gonna be good
[Chorus]
C# Fm F# C#/C C#
Life is coming up aces
Fm F#
Everything is coming up aces
C#/C C# Fm
We found a way to make money out of
F# C#/C C#
Broken boys and difficult girls - Reality is wonderful
A#m Fm F#
We were waking up waiting
C#/C C#
For the world to begin - Things are so much better now
A#m
I have a good reason to
F# C# Fm F#
Want to get wasted again
[Verse]
C#
We were slumming for a buzz
Fm F# C#/C C# Fm F#
In a new place that used to be the old school
C#/C C# Fm
We were happy for the pain of being
F# C#/C C#
Lame enough to want to look cool
Fm F#
I really think that this is going to be good
[Chorus]
C# Fm F# C#/C C#
Life is coming up aces
Fm F#
Everything is coming up aces
C#/C C# Fm
We can make a good living out
F# C#/C C#
Of broken lives and empty hearts
C#
Ain't this entertaining watching people fall apart
A#m
We were wasting time waiting
C#
For the world to begin - things are so much better now
A#m
I have a good reason to
C#
Want to get wasted again
[Bridge]
C#
Black hole
D#m
white trash
B F#
There isn't any limit to the shame these people have
C#
Good people do
D#m
Bad things
B F#
Have sex with an ex in the bathroom on their wedding day
C#
Pretty faces with
D#m
no soul
B
And now you're in the way
F#
And nobody really wants to know
C# D#m
Big noise and a bright light
B
Everybody needs a chance to
F#
Win themselves a better life
[Outro]
C# C#/C C#
Everybody wants a better life
C# C#/C C#
Everybody wants a better life
C# C#/C C#
Everybody wants a better life
C# C#/C C#
Everybody wants a better life