Key: F
Introduction:
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Well, I'm witnessing something I'd never have dreamed of even a couple of years ago
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Families screaming and running about, ringing their hands in the sky, singing
Bridge
F C
No, no, no, not our generation
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No, no, no, not our generation
F C
No, no, no, not our generation
F C
Tell us it's a lie!
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We're running out, running out
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You know we're running out
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We're running out, running out
G C
You know we're running out
verse 2
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We are running out of hope, and we are running out of love
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And we're running out of everything that I've been dreaming of
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And we are running out of oil, we are low on light and air
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And we're running out and digging holes and finding nothing there
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It just ain't fair, running out
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You know we're running out
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There's nothing there, running out
G C
You know we're running out
verse 3
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Now, the car won't go, and the pool won't heat
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And we're eating beans 'cause there ain't no meat
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And the lamps which once lit up our street no longer light the way
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So we go to bed when the sun sinks low
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'Cause it's cold at night and the heat won't go
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And the television studio closed down the other day
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Hey, hey, hey, hey, running out
G C
You know we're running out
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Hey, hey, hey, hey, running out
G C
You know we're running out
Outro
F C
No, no, no, not our generation
F C
No, no, no, not our generation
F C
No, no, no, not our generation
F C
Tell us it's a lie!