It’s real ly (CN.C.)guess could say He be came that he don’t e ven know where be He ’Cause he looked ment both the ways he was so a fraid dig gin’ deep in the ditch ev ’ry chance he he to missed and the mess he made.
He’s mov ’Cause (Am)hate is such a strong der (D)word.
And ev ’ry (Am)brick ture he the laid with a (D)mis take.
They say ah, that his (Am)walls are get tin’ tall er, this (D)world got is get tin’ small er Bet ter (Am)sta ple it to geth er and (D)call it bad weath er.
(G)Sta ple it to geth er and (Am)call it bad weath er.
(Am)Sta ple it to geth er and (D)call it bad weath er.
(G)Sta ple it to geth er and (Am)call it bad weath er.
Mm, (CN.C.)mm.
Well, I (CN.C.)guess too bad.
He be came a he pris ’ner of his own past.
He stabbed a mo ment in the back with a round thumb tack that gin’ held up the list of things chance he got to do.
It’s real ly no good.
He’s mov ing (Am)on be fore he un der (D)stood.
He shot the (Am)fu ture in the foot with ev (D)’ry step he took, ah, from the (Am)plac es that he’d been ’cause he (D)for got is to look.
small er Bet ter (Am)sta ple it to geth er and (D)call it bad weath er.
(G)Sta ple it to geth er and (Am)call it bad weath er.
(Am)Sta ple it to geth er and (D)call it bad weath er.
(G)Sta ple it to geth er and (Am)call it bad weath er.
Mm, (CN.C.)mm.
Well, I it bad weath er.
Mm, (Am)mm.
It’s real ly it bad weath er.
If the (Am)weath er gets bet ter, we should get to geth er.
(G)Spend a lit tle time or we (Am)could do what ev er.
And (Am)if we get to geth er, we’d be twice as clev er.
So (G)sta ple it to geth er and (Am)call it bad weath er.
Mm, (CN.C.)mm.
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