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Wild girl, you must have been a terror when you were young
          D              G                     D      A
Or your mamma must have let you run, let you run free
D                   G                             D
But it wasn't very nice eating, eating all that sugar and spice
      G                  D
What they want a girl to be
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And all the things a child learns on their way from hope to here
                      G                                D
The innocence, the fury, the racism, the rage and fear
          G                  D      Em            D
I don't remember tell me again the part no one wants to hear
Bm
 A                              G              A                      Bm
Well, that's so many people's story, a lot of heartache but not much glory
 A                              G          A      D
But glory, the truth be told tomorrow you are twenty one years old
G                        D
I say happy birthday tomorrow to you
 G         D
The only game in town
G
D                             G                           D
You can live your life with regret about the things you think you did wrong
               G                D
Or over what someone would not give
            G                             D
Or you can be grateful when you open your eyes
      G         D
The story you write, you live
Bm
             D                         G              A                  Bm
Well, it's hard to be older and poor, I don't dig it that much anymore
     A              G         A                     D
But everyday of my life I'm so proud, so proud I became his wife
            G                                      D
Because I got to raise Charlotte and Charlotte's learning
     G            D
The only game in town

                    Gm              G                 D
Wild girl in a red dress, come on, speak up, say yes
                                      G                A            D
This thing that makes you beautiful never comes out of a jar, yeah
                      G                                              D
You are a beautiful girl, you're reaching out from your beautiful world
                G         D
That is the daughter you are
Bm
 A
Walk right and the real world knows it
                  G        D               Bm        A
'Cause you bring it back down into the real world
   G          D                     A
Walk right up the real world knows it
            G                   D
You'll bring it back down into the real world
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      G            D
Say take me back, baby
A        G              Bm
I just wanna make a dream come true
    G             D           Bm
I came here to love somebody
   A         G        A D
I just wanna make my dreams come true

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And I'm trying because trying is the only game
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The only game, the only game in town