C Am/F G G7 F Csus2/B E|-----------3----1----1-----------| B|-1----1----3----0----1----1------| G|-0----2----0----0----2----0------| D|-2----3----0----0----3----0------| A|-3---------2----2----3----2------| E|-----------3----3----1-----------| G walk (G*) C walk (C*)/G walk (G*) E|----------|---------------| B|----------|---------------| G|----------|---------------| D|----------|---------------| A|---0-2-3--|-3-2-0---0-2-3-| E|-3--------|-------3-------| [Intro] C [Verse 1] Am/F C Here I am standing, ten feet between us Am/F C Beside me, the door that I just came through Am/F C Where I walked past an overweight cop in an alley Am/F C With a beer gut bursting from a bullet proof jacket Am/F C Who thinks to himself, "I've got to get back [Refrain] Am/F C To the man that I was when I was a dreamer" G* C With a partner in crime named Brandy McGill [Verse 2] Am/F C A girl with a love of life bigger than normal Am/F C Who still wonders when her life will begin Am/F C Her best friend Maria who seems to have everything Am/F C Tells her she probably just needs a vacation Am/F C Away from the stress of her husband's vocation Am/F C While Maria is talking, Brandy is drifting Am/F C Staring at John who just got the job Am/F C Busing tables to pay for Community College Am/F C An Associates degree in x-ray technology G G7 John is too old to still be in college F G* C He doesn't like class and sometimes doesn't go [Refrain] Am/F C Long story short, his family was broken G* C He was freed from a past life as a kid on Skid Row [Verse 3] Am/F C He notices Brandy, but stares at Maria Am/F C Her beauty well-practiced in casting a spell Am/F C Imagining her naked, he spills dirty dishes G* C On the lap of an elderly woman named Belle Am/F C A lady who won't live to see her next birthday Am/F C But shares a warm smile regardless of that [Refrain] Am/F C The mess that unfolds completely surrounds her C* G* C Not one bit of urgency enters her soul Am/F C She reaches for Roy, her husband forever G* C In love and connection, her small hand, he holds [Bridge] C Am/F C C Csus2/B C C Am/F C C Csus2/B C [Verse 4] Am/F C And nothing comes of it but a managers' anger Am/F C Not for the mess, but her father's remark Am/F C About a bad grade that she had as a child Am/F C So she takes her revenge out by firing John Am/F C Who now wonders when his life will begin [Refrain] G G7 Ain't it confusing to search for the will F G* C And learn when you find it that you've lost your way? Am/F C Long story short, he saw a commercial C* G* C That said that the 20s are the prime of your life [Verse 5] Am/F C But that doesn't seem to be true at this moment Am/F C As he cleans out his locker and calls his best friend Am/F C Who's too busy to talk cause he's prepping with lawyers Am/F C To keep money from his ex-wife, the mother Am/F C Of their only son who's naturally drawn [Refrain] Am/F C To guns and sharp objects who now has no father G* C Except for on weekends, two times a month [Outro] Am/F C No need to worry, I'm told we're protected Am/F C By the men passing laws in the House and the Senate Am/F C From people who mix up the truth and reality Am/F C With movies and games and ridiculous scenarios G G7 Long story short, best I can tell F G* C Children can't be left to raise themselves