Jared Mees and the Grown Children
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Whoa I drink pots and pots and pots and pots of strong black coffee
C D G
Trying to keep my sleepy soul awake
G
But the sleepiness still comes along and when it does its fast and strong
C D G
I end up with a bad case of the shakes
G D Em
And my baby tells me honey cut it out
Em D G
Cuz she's familiar with the bend before the break
G D G D Em
But she's in this runaway with me and by god were doing fifty
C D G
Comin' round that hairpin turn top of wolf creek
G
Now I've called olly olly olly olly oxen free
C D G
Tryin' to draw god out from his hiding place
G
Either he can't hear what I'm saying or he just got sick of playing
C D G
Either way, I'll be calling out like this for days
G D Em
And the cadence and the chords are all the same
Em D G
sung like an anthem from a child in the streets
G D G D Em
And you know he ain't much for singing, but by god he's good at swinging
C D G
And that's the reason that he won't stay obsolete
G Em C D G
And that's why he's singing, how, how long, how long must I wait
G Em C D G
He's singing, how, how long, how long will this whole thing take
D
Cuz everyday? it's getting tougher to shoot straight
G
Now I've read page, after page, after page, after smeared page
C D G
About this killer instinct inside of me
G
But love it, or hate it, praise it or berate it
C D G
It's just what comes out most naturally
G D Em
And they warn me kid you'll run it in the ground
Em D G
you keep on saying all the same things the same way
G D
But I ain't trying to make friends
G D Em
I'm just trying to make this story end
Em C D G
And if you're drinking then you don't got time to plead
G Em C D G
And that's why I'm singing, how, how long, how long, must I wait
G Em C D G
I'm singing, how, how long, how long will this whole thing take
G D
Cuz everyday? it's getting tougher to shoot straight
