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The Downtown Fiction - Where Dreams Go To Die
Intro: F G F
F G
Your breath hangs in the air.
Am
It's freezing, but the bus ain't there.
F
You're wishing for someone to stop this.
F G
Back in class again,
Am
You feel just like an empty pen,
F
Loss for words and void of purpose.
F G F
They cornered you, there's nowhere to get out.
How? How?
Am F
They'll try to convince you
F G
and tell you that they're right.
Am F
They'll break you and beat you
F G
and steal away your life
Am F F G
And tell you that you're nothing and they'll never get it right,
Am G
But high school's the place where dreams go to die.
Inst: F G F
F G
Teacher thinks you're rude
Am
Says, "I dont like your attitude".
F
Well maybe you're just condescending
F G
But bring us up to follow rules
Am
And throw us all in cubic rooms
F
But we're not gonna sit by idle.
F G F
We're getting out, we're gonna find our way
Hey, hey.
Chorus
F G
Well, we'll be more than they'll ever be
Am F
Just bitter from their own failed dreams.
F G Am F
They're desperate, and do anything to bring you down.
F G
Well, we'll do more than they ever did
Am F
Talk down to some poor old kid.
F G F
We are the ones, the ones who made it.
Am F
They'll try to convince you
F G
and tell you that they're right.
Am F
They'll break you and beat you
F G
and steal away your life
Am F F G
And tell you that you're nothing and they'll never get it right,
Am G
But high school's the place where dreams,
Am G
But high school's the place where dreams,
Am G F G F
But high school's the place where dreams go to die.