Michael Penn - Brave New World Chords

[Intro]
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Baby's busy hiding in the bassinet
 
Wonderin' if the third world war started yet
 
I told her I was pulling up and heading west
 
She said she would have come, but she was overdressed
 
I sent a picture postcard of a Midwest bank
 
She wrote me that she showed it to her new friend Frank
 
Who noticed in the window of the 19th floor
 
A guy my age about to prove that man can't soar
 
 
He would also like to know
 
If I could just check around before I left this town
 
For slow-mo footage of the tumbledown
 
So this may not be my best day
 
But this ain't no golden age
 
You looked pretty on the freeway
 
Let's drive into the brave new world
 
 
A van pulled up and someone offered me a ride
 
The driver lost the map, but he was terrified
 
Everybody whispering to save his pride
 
Said, "Son, would you be kind enough to be our guide?"
 
The driver yelled, "The one in back already tried
 
His memory is rusty and his vision tied"
 
Glasses and a lubricant were by his side
 
But the tin man was inanimate, the lion lied
 
 
Did not want to see me go
 
But I did not want to be another musketeer
 
'Cause the gas runs out before the van's in gear
 
Please don't hit me if I do say
 
But this ain't no golden age
 
And you looked so pretty on the freeway
 
Let's drive into the brave new world
 
 
Buster and his company look good in black
 
They're looking for a way out of the cul-de-sac
 
Tearing through the phone book and the almanac
 
They all have dusty noses 'cause they sniff shellac
 
Finally found the number of a matador
 
Who rode up in a Beemer with a pricey whore
 
But Buster wasn't quick enough, he'd lock the door
 
And rode off sayin' he'd be back before the war
 
By then the night was falling slow
 
And I did not want to stick around and just look old
 
When I saw you pulling onto my soft shoulder
 
This may not be my best day (This may not)
 
But this ain't no golden age
 
You looked pretty on the freeway
 
Let's drive into the brave new world
 
 
Please don't hit me if I do say
 
But this ain't no golden age
 
And you looked so pretty on the freeway
 
Let's drive into the brave new world