G D Am D Pushing forward, highway miles are cheaper than in town G D Am D If you left something behind we'll try your best not to let it get you down Am D Am D The city's full of bullshit, I don't sleep there anymore Am D Am D I don't want it's schmoozy eagerness, I don't want to be it's whore G D Am D Oh but we, we are so awestruck by the way that things just are G D Like how the sun shines 'till it's night time Am D We fall asleep to the sound of passing cars Am D It's that sinking sunken feeling Am D That you get on the roofs of tall buildings Am D Am D Staring out over the bay or broken cityscapes that make you cry Am D And it's not sad you just don't know how to begin to ask why G D Am D Just a few more cigarettes and I'll come back inside G D And do you ever get the feeling Am D Something somewhere in you is still alive Am D Am D And saying "Oh and it's a big life, as big as it can be Am D Am D And if you cannot see the beauty well don't give up so easily G D Am D And it's a weak-kneed conversation telling your new revelation G D Am To a choir of a more cynical nature Am D "Being your ego and your id Am D The part that swears to you you'll never want kids Am D The part that drinks away each night Am D And in the morning wakes at ten and goes to work G D Am D So let's not be so bitter at least not just yet G D I keep meaning to say everything's ok Am D Well how presumptuous is that? Am D And sure we all get hurt sometimes Am D And sure we all feel ashamed Am D But if our friends can't help us through these things Am D I don't know what friendship means Am D G And I don't know just what it is I'm trying to say