Key: B
Introduction:
Gm A
It's time you learned a lesson
Bb C
It's time that you understand
F Gm
Don't ever count on anybody else
Eb
In this or any other land
Gm A
I once hoped for friendship
Bb C
To find a place among my kind
F Gm
But those were the childish wishes
Eb
Of someone who was blind
Cm Eb F
Open up your eyes
F Gm Bb
See the world from were I stand
Cm7 Eb
Me among the mighty
Gm F
You caged at my command
Bb Cm Eb F
Open up your eyes
Gm Bb
Give up your sweet fantasyland
Gm
It's time to grow up and get wise
Cm
Come now little one
D Gm Bb F
Open up your eyes
Bbm
We all start out the same
Bb F#
With simple naïve trust
Bbm F# Bbm
Shielded from the many ways
C# Eb Bb Dm
That life's not fair or just
F
But then there comes a moment
Gm F
A simple truth that you must face
G Am Dm
If you depend on others
Gm Am
You'll never find your place
G C
And as you take that first step
Bb C
Upon a path that's all your own
Gm F
You see it all so clearly
Eb D Gm
The best way to survive is all alone
Cm Eb
Open up your eyes
Gm Bb
And see the world from where I stand
Cm Eb
Me among the mighty
F Gm
You caged at my command
Cm F Eb
Open up your eyes
Gm Bb
And behold the fading light
Eb Cm Gm
It's time to grow up and get wise
Cm
Come now little one
D Eb Cm Ab
Open up your eyes
Eb D Gm
Open up your eyes