[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Fighting for survival is such a boring Battle
        D
Want to get into my car
         G
I wanna drive out to Seattle
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Where the used record stores
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Have much better prices
       A
But I don't have a car
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And I don't have a license

[Verse 2]
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Should I take another walk to the DMV
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Get another learners permit with a Picture of me
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I'd put it in my wallet
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Along with my four dollars
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And the condom that's still in there
           G
That has probably expired
     Em/G
I'd leave home for New York

But New York is where I'm from
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I'm just looking for a way
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To feel my life has begun


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Dee dee dee dee
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Dee dee dee dee dee


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[Verse 3]
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Living in the city
           G
Where I'm working like a walrus
        D
But man I don't need your money
        G
Man I'm gonna be an artist
         A
Feeling like I wanna do
    G
Whatever I feel inside
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Put it down on paper
          G
And I'll hope that people buy it

[Verse 4]
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And my only minor worry
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Is how to pay the rent
     D
But that won't even matter
        G
When I lose my apartment
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Then I'll really have no worries
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I'll be just like a cassette
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That you've taped up the tabs up
        G
To put something new on it
    Em/G
And when I hit record

God only knows what I will be
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And if there is no god
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Then it's a better mystery

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Dee dee dee dee
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Dee dee dee dee dee

[Verse 5]
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Fighting for survival and I guess I must Be winning
        D
And my story is so long
           G
I can't remember the beginning
   Em/G
Am I an optimist
      Em/G
Or am I a pessimist
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If I see a half empty half full cup
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Is half full
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Of nothingness.


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