Chorus:
Bm Cm
Hey, I heard it from the state
F#m C#
They told me you were never gonna let me get away
Bm Cm
And if you took me fishing you would never give me bait
F#m C#
I had to get away, I had to get away, ay, ay
Bm Cm
Hey, you try to compensate
F#m C#
For thinking with your one brain I should decapitate
Bm Cm
You showed me all your letters that I should've confiscated
F#m C#
Both of my eyes were weighted and I had to get away
Verse 1:
Bm Cm
Talking to ears that have been deaf
F#m
For as long as I can remember
Bm Cm F#m
A self-medicated handicap, so I speak to myself
Bm Cm F#m
And I try so hard to get his stupid deaf ears to hear
Bm
That I've become illiterate, I've become dumb
Cm F#m
(Ya hear me? Ya hear me? Ya hear me?)
Pre-Chorus:
Bm Cm
When I come through, you were dark blue
F#m C#
And I saved you from your darker days
Bm Cm
Born to take care of you
F#m C#
Or I thought so, maybe it was just a phase
Chorus:
Bm Cm
Hey, I heard it from the state
F#m C#
They told me you were never gonna let me get away
Bm Cm
And if you took me fishing you would never give me bait
F#m C#
I had to get away, I had to get away, ay, ay
Bm Cm
Hey, you try to compensate
F#m C#
For thinking with your one brain I should decapitate
Bm Cm
You showed me all your letters that I should've confiscated
F#m C#
Both of my eyes were weighted and I had to get away
Verse 2:
Bm Cm
Shot down by a guy I never wanted to kiss
F#m
Not gonna hear the singing of his ringing triumphing
Bm Cm
And I'm chugging along in a train
F#m
And I'm heading the wrong way, and I'm a train wreck
Bm Cm
And my heart goes "beat, beat, beat"
F#m
To the music of this sad, same song
Bm Cm
It's quite depressing, there is no fixing to the problem
F#m
When you're talking to an idiot
Pre-Chorus:
Bm Cm
When I come through, you were dark blue
F#m C#
And I saved you from your darker days
Bm Cm
Born to take care of you
F#m C#
Or I thought so, maybe it was just a phase
Bm Cm
Baby, only maybe
F#m C#
Just a dreamer, but I soon found out
Bm Cm
Heard the train tracks were behind me
F#m
Tried to warn me, but both of my ears went out
Pre-Chorus:
Bm Cm
When I come through, you were dark blue
F#m C#
And I saved you from your darker days
Bm Cm
Born to take care of you
F#m C#
Or I thought so, maybe it was just a phase
Chorus:
Bm Cm
Hey, I heard it from the state
F#m C#
They told me you were never gonna let me get away
Bm Cm
And if you took me fishing you would never give me bait
F#m C#
I had to get away, I had to get away, ay, ay
Bm Cm
Hey, you try to compensate
F#m C#
For thinking with your one brain I should decapitate
Bm Cm
You showed me all your letters that I should've confiscated
F#m C#
Both of my eyes were weighted and I had to get away↑
