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[G]Pushing through 
the market square
[Em]so many mothers sighing
[A]News had just come over
[C/G]we had five years 
left to cry in
[G]News guy wept and told us
[Em]earth was really dying
[A]Cried so much his 
face was wet
[C/G]then i knew he 
was not lying
[G]I heard telephones 
opera house 
favorite melodies
[Em]I saw boys toys 
electric irons and TVs
[A]My brain hurt 
like a warehouse 
it had no room to spare
[C/G]I had to cram 
so many things 
to store everything 
in there

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And all the 
fat[Am]skinny people [C/G]
and all the 
tall short [Am]people[C/G]
and all the 
nobody [G]people [C/G]
and all the s
omebody [D7]people
I never thought I'd need 
so many [Am]people[C/G]

[G]A girl my age 
went off her head
[Em]hit some tiny children
[A]If the black hadn't 
a-pulled her off
[C/G]I think she would 
have killed them
[G]A soldier with 
a broken arm
[Em]fixed his stare to the 
wheels of a Cadillac
[A]A cop knelt and 
kissed the 
feet of a priest
[C/G]and a queer 
Threw up at 
the sight of that

[G]I think I saw you in 
an ice cream parlor
[Em]drinking milk shakes 
cold and long
[A]Smiling and waving and 
looking so fine
[C/G]don't think 
You knew 
you were in this song

[G]And it was cold 
and it rained 
so I felt like an actor
[Em]And I thought of Ma 
and I wanted to get 
back there
[A]Your face your race 
the way that you talk
[C/G]I kiss you 
you're beautiful 
I want you to walk

[G]We've got 
five years 
stuck on my eyes
[Em]Five years 
what a surprise
[A]We've got 
five years 
my brain hurts a lot
[C/G]Five years 
that's all we've got
[G]Five years 
what a surprise
[Em]We've got 
five years 
stuck on my eyes
[A]We've got 
five years 
my brain hurts a lot
[C/G]Five years 
that's all we've got
[G]We've got 
five years 
stuck on my eyes
[Em]Five years 
what a surprise
[A]We've got 
five years 
my brain hurts a lot
[C/G]Five years 
that's all we've got
[G]Five years 
what a surprise
[Em]Five years 
stuck on my eyes
[A]We've got 
five years 
my brain hurts a lot
[C/G]Five years 
that's all we've got
[G]Five years
[Em]Five years
[A]Five years
[C/G]Five years 
[G]