D G D G D G D A?
Since I jumped that wall to my school yard
always felt life shouldn’t be so hard
could have focused and learnt some karate
to fight my bullies but instead I had to play smart
Stage lights in my face now I’m shaking
but always felt fear is cooler than faking
should have focused and learnt some guitar techniques
Instead I try to my hardest just to be me
play the same chords we played in your house
but I sing about how I’m missing you now
sneaking into gardens to filch apples
or tried to smoke nutmeg just to see what happens
Sometimes I can’t come up with words for a song
and I need an adventure for my brain to run
I Take a walk with Alex in the hood
and pretty soon we have some problems to run from

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G A ...D
Sometimes life tears you down
hard work eats you up
you try to protect yourself with sleep and TV
but you just end up unhappy
You need a break, you need reality to shake

Since I jumped that wall to my school yard
I never cared for trying too hard
Never bothered by work or hierarchy
bosses or teachers or modern society
Sometimes we take the car down the coast
set up our tent by a lake or the woods
the kids collect branches to build a big fire
to scare off the gorgons make the dark a bit lighter
and before we get to sleep in our sleeping bags
we go hunting for hedgehogs with flashlights
I will them this is what I did with my dad
hope you get the same night feeling I had
Cause ever since I jumped that wall to my school yard
I’ve been feeling like a cave man in a too hard
society I just wanna run from
into the forest to the beat of my tribe drums

Sometimes life tears you down
hard work eats you up
You hear the wild wolves howl from the mountain top
it’s time for that stone age break, you need reality to shake

Sometimes life tears you down
hard work eats you up
but they didn’t build this town for you
they built it for the banks, pollution, profits, shopping centers and hip coffeeshops