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Introduction: A E F#m C# D A D E
A E F#m C#
It doesn't matter what I say
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So long as I sing with inflection
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That makes you feel that I'll convey
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Some inner truth of vast reflection
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But I've said nothing so far
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And I can keep it up as long as it takes
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And it don't matter who you are
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If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks
A E F#m C#
Because the hook brings you back
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I ain't tellin' you no lie
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The hook brings you back
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On that you can rely
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There is something amiss
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I am being insincere
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In fact I don't mean any of this
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Still my confession draws you near
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To confuse the issue I refer
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To familiar heroes from long ago
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No matter how much Peter loved her
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What made the Pan refuse to grow
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Was that the hook brings you back
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I ain't tellin' you no lie
A E F#m C#
The hook brings you back
D A D E
On that you can rely
A E
Suck it in suck it in suck it in if you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn
F#m C#
Make a desperate move or else you'll win and then begin to
D A
See what you're doing to me this MTV is not for free
D E
It's so PC it's killing me so desperately I'll sing to thee of
A E
Love, sure but also rage and hate and pain and
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fear of self, And I can't keep these feelings on the
D A
shelf, I've tried well no in fact I've lied
D E
Could be financial suicide but I've got too much pride inside
A E
To hide or slide I'll do as I decide and let it
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ride until I've died and only then shall I abide this tide
D A
Of catchy little tunes, of hip three minute ditties
D E
I wanna bust all your balloons I wanna burn all of youre cities
A E
To the ground I've found I will not mess around
F#m C#
Unless I play then hey I will go on all day hear what I
D A
say I have a prayer to pray that's really all this was
D E
And when I'm feeling stuck and need a buck I don't rely on luck because the
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Hook brings you back
D A D E
I ain't tellin' you no lie
A E F#m C#
The hook
D A D E
On that you can rely