Intro:
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Verse 1:
E B A
Adjectives on the typewriter
E B A
He moves his words like a prize fighter
E B A E
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
B A
Prechorus:
E B A
The man on the street might just as well be
E B A
The man on the street might just as well
E B A
The man on the street might just as well be
Chorus:
A
Outside, outside the walls
B
Out there you don't hear the echoes and calls
E B A
But the steel eye, tight jaw, say it all, say it all
E B A
But the white paint, plastic saints say it all, say it all, say it all
E
Say it all, say it all
E
Say it all, say it all, say it all
E B A E B A
Say somebody... forgot to say it all
E B A E B A
Somebody... got to say it all
Verse 2:
E B A
I'm so nervous, I'm so tense
E B A
My heart can't forget about this self defense
E B A
When the air is so hot and my breath comes fast
E B A
I thumb the cool blade but I know this, it can't last
E B A
(so nervous, so tense)
E B A
I thumb the cool blade but I know this, it can't last
E B A
(so nervous, so tense)
Chorus:
A
Outside, outside the walls
B
Out there you don't hear the echoes and calls
E B A
But the steel eye, tight jaw, say it all, say it all
E B A
But the white paint, plastic saints say it all, say it all, say it all
E
Say it all, say it all
E
Say it all, say it all, say it all
E B A E B A
Say somebody... forgot to say it all
E B A E B
Somebody... got to say it all
Verse 3:
A E B A
Yeah adjectives on the typewriter
E B A
He moves his words like a prize fighter
E B A E B A
The frenzied pace of the mind inside the cell
Ending:
E B A
The man on the street might just as well be
E B A
The man on the street might just as well
E B A
The man on the street might just as well be