Intro G-Cadd9 G-Cadd9 G Pulling on the apron strings looking up Cadd9 Standing on the chair to be grown up Em I feel so little, I need my pillow D I hate the time, I hate the clock, I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock G Sunday's pancakes Miss Mary Mack Cadd9 Color Polariods show my heart attack G In my second-hand pants and dusty shoes Cadd9 The day that the playground laughed at my shoes Em It's my birthday next week and what I want please D Is to turn on the heat so the fish won't freeze Cadd9 The fish in the tank froze and died last week D Oh I want to be a dog or I want to be a leaf Chorus G D Em D Quarry miners, fishermen Cadd9 D In my town of Bethlehem G D Em D Picket fences, church at ten Cadd9 No star above my Bethlehem G Now I'm only 16 and I think I have an ulcer Cadd9 I'm hiding my sex behind a dirty sweatshirt Em I've lost five pounds these past few days D Trying to be class president and get straight A's, Cadd9 Well, who gives a shit about that anyway? D I just want to be a dog or a lump of clay Chorus G D Em D Quarry miners, fishermen Cadd9 D In my town of Bethlehem G D Em D Picket fences, church at ten Cadd9 D No star above my Bethlehem Bridge Cadd9 Em Still I'm tired of standing still Am Tired of living still Cadd9 Am Cadd9-D Everyday I dream of leaving D Everybody's talking about Becky's bust D The boys on the basketball team just fuck Em The same ten girls, who don't know who they are D They're looking for some comfort in the back of a car Cadd9 The six-packs of beer, the locker room jeers D I don't want to be me, I don't want to be here Chorus G D Em D Quarry miners, fishermen Cadd9 D In my town of Bethlehem G D Em D Picket fences, church at ten Cadd9 No star above my Bethlehem G D Em-D-Cadd9-D Red brick schoolhouse G D Em D Dead end dirt roads, daffodils Cadd9 D No star above my Bethlehem Coda Cadd9 Cadd9 I want to be a dog or I want to be a rock D G I don't want to be me, I don't want to be here in Bethlehem.