[Intro]
C Em Am Dm
C Am F C
[Verse]
C Em Am
There once was a time that we knew damn well we'd be wise beyond our years
F
now we're old and it seems we're getting dumber
C Am
there once was a rhyme that would bring peacefulness to both of our ears
F C
but this music lets us know that we're not getting any younger
C Am Dm C Am F
C Em Am
My mother would not be proud of my mouth, but I can't get a sentence out
F
without some sacrilege or sounding like a sailor
C Em Am
Every time I go home for the holidays and tell her how it's been
F C
the look on her face says it's obvious I have failed her
Am F C Am
[Chorus]
G
But you don't know
F C
No, you can't go where I've been
G
And I don't know
F C
No, I'll never get where I'm going
[Verse]
C Am
And every day I hear somebody say something like "Yeah, I just got back
F
from China backpacking and giving food to children"
C Am
I have never strayed too far away from this east coast where I remain
F C
In my heart I am so envious I could kill them
Am F C Am
C Am
And I am running out of time to do the things I used to say that I
C F
Was put on this earth to do by God in His heaven
C Em
Seems that I believed in something then
Am
Dear lord, what happened to my head?
F C
Now the days go by so fast I have no time to let 'em sink in
Am Dm C Am Dm
[Chorus]
G
But you don't know
F C
No, you can't go where I've been
G
And I don't know
F C
No, I'll never get where I'm going
G
And you don't know
Dm F c
No, you can't go where I've been
G
And I don't know
F C
No, I'll never get where I'm going