D#m F#
D# Pulitzer prize
A#m C#
D# Oscar or two
D#m F#
Are things I won't get
A#m C#
Things I won't get
D#m F#
D# Bentley or Benz
A#m C#
Well don't hold your breath
D#m F#
Of things I won't get
D#m A#
Things I won't get
D#m F#
D# fares with a star
A#m C#
Who offers me dough
G#m C#
Far in advance
G#m C#
Far in advance
D#m F#
D# college degree
A#m C#
D# job with some hope
G#m C#
There's just no chance
G#m C#
There's just no chance
chorus:
F# A#m Fb B
But when I see you lying by my side
D#m
Looking extra clean
F# A#m Fb B
I'm in a state where I don't mind
D#m
My thoughts turn obscene
D#m F# A#m C#
String theory [?] and such
D#m F#
Are things I won't get
A#m C#
Things a won't get
D#m F#
Schoenberg and twelve-tone
A#m C#
And films out of french
D#m F#
Are things a won't get
A#m C#
Things a won't get
D#m F# A#m C#
D# chair that's designed by Charles and Ray Eames
D#m F#
Are things I won't get
A#m C#
Things I won't get
(Chorus)
D#m F#
The world is so hard
A#m C#
The people so mean
G#m C#
Of things I don't get
G#m C#
Things I don't get
D#m F#
We sit on the floor
A#m C#
And talk about dreams
G#m C#
Of things we won't get
G#m C#
Things we won't get
(Chorus)