Safe Word

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A broken clock's right twice a day

but mine spins in reverse and may
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have doubled odds and better luck
         A#
Now it's twice as good as worthless 
junk

  F
My heart's as healthy as a horse

but my hard hat's lookin' hardly 
worn
      G
That other steel toed boot'll drop
      A#
but I don't know when, or how to 
stop


  F
I wish I had a secret code

to signal me to take it slow
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I need a sin like calculus
        A#
'cos my limit does, in fact, exist!


   F                    G
So slow down, focus, do yoga poses 
and
A#                            
learn to love the lull and just 
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breathe...
G        G
Breathe… breathe…


G
Alright I'm good!


            F           C         
I think I'm smiling and nodding, 
      Dm                Bb        
but surveillance cameras caught me
        F
 laugh maniacally
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    C             Dm             
headbutting every obstacle, I've 
Bb             F                 
got to turn it off... and pick 
   Dm           Bb
back up when I am calm
     F           C                
Even with an invitation, boy, you 
Dm             Bb                 
gotta learn to knock (Oh knock it 
C
off!)
        Bb               G        
... And do me one favor: Remember 
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the safe word


  F
I get that passion motivates

and crashes down like ocean waves
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but tunnel vision's toxic man,
       A#
you're not John Henry, take a breath


     F
That might sound harsh when you are 
used

to head rubs, praise, and sugar 
cubes
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I just hate to see you racing 
towards
  A#
behaviors that we shouldn't reward


   F                    G
So slow down, focus, do yoga poses 
and
A#
learn to love the lull and just
G        G        G
Breathe. Breathe. Breathe. 
(Alright!)


            F           C      
I think I'm smiling and nodding, 
           Dm             Bb      
blending in and getting on but no,
     F
 I haven't fooled the
C             Dm          Bb    
cameras in my camel camouflage 
            F                    
I'll take it off! ...and I won't 
Dm        Bb
spit on anyone
     F           C                
Even with an invitation, boy, you 
Dm             Bb                 
gotta learn to knock (Oh knock it 
C
off!)
    Bb                 G
And do me one favor: Remember the 
safe word

F G Bb C
F G Bb C

    F      G      Bb       C
And I have no construction crew
   F          G    Bb      C    
to build this introduction tune 
         F         G     Bb      
but it's sound and under budget, 
C
too...
N.C.
The chords work, the beat works, the
 verse and melody works
N.C.
and these words, they each work, 
have purpose versus knee-jerk
    F               G           
Safety first, let's be sure our 
Bb     C
neon PPE works
        Bb                         
Now the only thing that needs work 
                       C
is the last bit of the bridge!


            F           C      
I think I'm smiling and nodding, 
       Dm                Bb
mild-mannered, nodding off
             F               C    
It's just my neck is getting 
          Dm               Bb
tired, so much nonsense to hold up
            F            Dm       
Just take a pause... but don't 
         Bb
give up the dream
        F                  C      
If they change the locks behind 
           Dm           Am
you, you can find another key
           G           D       
and hope a smile and a nod's the 
       Em               C
only signal they have seen
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You're no machine but there's no 
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shame
           Em           C         
in blowing off a little steam, so 
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hear me knock!
        Em              C
Hear me hammer, hear me yell
          G                    
and don't knock it 'till you've 
 D
tried it,
         Em                 C  
tried to knock or tried the bell 
              D
(Ah, let me in!)
    C                          D
The trip has been paid for and you 
have a way forth
   Em                       D
so don't waste the day or delay it 
for later


    C                  A          
But do me one favor: Remember the 
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safe word