Intro
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Verse
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A man sits at his desk, one year from retirement,
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And he's up for review, not quite sure what to do.
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Each passing year, the workload grows.
Verse
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I'm always wishing, I'm always wishing too late
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For things to go my way, it always ends up the same (Count your blessings)
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I must be missing, I must be missing the point
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Your signal fades away and all I'm left with is noise
A
(Count your blessings on one hand)
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So wait up, I'm not sleeping alone again tonight.
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There's so much to dream about, there must be more to my life
Bridge
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Poor little tin man,
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still swinging his axe, even though his joints are clogged with rust.
Verse
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My youth is slipping, my youth is slipping away
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Safe in monotony, (so safe), day after day (Count your blessings)
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My youth is slipping, my youth is slipping away
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Cold wind blows off the lake, and I know for sure that it's too late
A
(Count your blessings on one hand)
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So wait up, I'm not sleeping alone again tonight.
G Bm
There's so much to dream about, there must be more to my life
Interlude
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Can't help but feel betrayed, punch the clock every single day
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There's no loyalty and no remorse.
Bm Bm
Youth sold for a pension cheque, and it makes him fucking sick
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He's heating up, he can't say no
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(Whoa-Whoa-oh)
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(Whoa-Whoa-oh)
Riff
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G Bm
So wait up, I'm not sleeping alone again tonight.
G Bm
There's so much to dream about, there must be more to my life
G Bm
(So wait up) So wait up, I'm not sleeping alone again tonight.
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Between the light and shallow waves is where I'm going to die
Outro
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Wait up for me
G A Bm
Wait up for me
G A Bm
Wait up for me