Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

x4): On the C lift your middle finger, or which ever is holding the E on the D string

press the tape recorder let's get this all down real fast

before the insignificant thought goes by

there's one more slow song left to write for the record

make all the metal heads cry

throw rocks but not rocking and stand there just mocking

with hands in their armpits that they'll later smell

when you live in the past there's one thing that will last

it's resentment that time won't sit still

Intro x4

the record business is fucked and it's kinda funny

it'll separate a boy from a man

you can buy every copy of your record with your money

but you'd be your only fan

if there's one thing my father said when he was younger

to a kid with a mullet that looked like his son

to want and to try is the difference why

some people will walk and some run . . .thank you dad

Intro x4

sharpen up all your pencils cause class will come early

there's so much you thought that you knew

while the b list celebrities all pay for the fame

they'll soak up what's left of the pool

while a kid in the corner becomes a savant

no one will care til he's dead

or he falls from his grace with it all over the place

and a piece of it stuck in his head

Intro x4