[Intro]
F G Bb C x3
[Horns]
F C A Bb x2
F C
I know a guy who lives in a box
A Bb
He built it himself of cement and rocks
F C
And he'll never come out though I beg and plead
A Bb
He's got all that he wants if not all that he needs
F C
You see he couldn't take the world and what it's done to him
A Bb
He had to escape had to lock himself in
F C
His walls are his friends he's never alone
A Bb
Never bothered in his cubic home
F G Bb
He's living in a box
C
Each and every day
F G Bb
Living in a box
C
There's no other way
F G Bb
Living in a box
C
And there's no escape
F G Bb
Living in a box
C
And though he tries
He can never get away hey
[Horns]
F C A Bb x2
F C
Out in my box that is also my van
A Bb
Just another six weeks of one night stands
F C
And I can't get away it's where that I go
A Bb
From the van to the club to our nightly hotel
F c
Takes me to places even took me to you
A Bb
I got no choice Gotta pay my dues
F C
Worth it or not No escape from my cell
A Bb
One hour of fun for twenty three of Hell
F G Bb
Living in a box
C
Each and every day
F G Bb
Living in a box
C
There's no other way
F G Bb
Living in a box
C
And there's no escape
F G Bb
Living in a box
C
And though I try
I can never get away hey
F C
Living in my box for so long
A Bb
I got to find my way out to go on
F C
And what I got is no time for you
A Bb
I'm in my box without a thing to do
F C
Look at yourself you're living the same
A Bb
Locked behind walls that your brother has made
F C
You were born in a box you work in a box
A Bb
You live in a box and you'll die in a box
F C
So much more that's outside your sphere
A Bb
You walk on by never knowing how near
F C
So much more than the walls do show
A Bb
If you're not very careful then you'll never know
F G Bb
You're living in a box
C
Each and every day
F G Bb
Living in a box
C
There's no other way
F G Bb
Living in a box
C
And there's no escape
F G Bb
Living in a box
C
And though I try
I can never get away hey
Never get away hey
Never get away hey
[Spoken]
Each and every day
3 days a year
I know there's no escape
And I can feel the walls closing in
I know there's no escape
there's no escape from my box