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