Intro
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Verse
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Mrs. Carver says she's sorry
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- She knows enough to worry
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- But what does she know about crime? ---
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- Believes the town is sinking
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- The price of forward thinking
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- You stay up all night half the time
Pre-Chorus
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- Racking your mind -- alone at night - while
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All the neighbors sleep -- tight
Verse
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Years ago she lost her daughter
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- Off to a sacred order
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- Where they get stoned and work the earth ---
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- Clears up her head with bourbon
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- Cause beer is so suburban
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- And declassé for what it's worth -
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She drinks it down, down, down ---
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For all of the old, old days ---
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- She's thinking of it now
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It's nice to get away
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But what a fine day for a parade
Bridge
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Verse
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- She stays up mending curtains
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- Until her fingers hurt and
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- You can get so bored of it all ---
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- No one can say for certain
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- She'll never safely know when
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- An asteroid will kill us all -
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She drinks it down, down, down ---
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For all of the old, old days ---
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- She's thinking of it now
|Bm
It's nice to get away
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But what a fine day for a parade
Break
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| D Bm | D Bm | F#m(6) |
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|G A |Bm
She drinks it down, down, down ---
|G A |Bm
For all of the old, old days ---
|G
- She's thinking of it now
|Bm
It's nice to get away
Bm/C# |D G | F#m
But what a fine day for a parade ---
Outro
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What a fine day for a parade ---
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What a fine day for a parade --- (repeat and fade)