Wheels

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[Verse 1]
  G                 Em
I raised my son the Eighties way
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I never let him rest a day
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I said, "Wasting time can only 
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lead to losing
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When you're a man you'll be my son
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And I've never lost, I’ve always won
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There are those who serve and 
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those who do the choosing"


[Chorus]
             Em
And I said, "Always fight, don't 
lose face
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Always lead, never chase
A
No one knows the second place
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So hurt and bleed, but win the 
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race"


[Verse 2]
       G             Em
He was number one in every school
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He couldn't stand a wimp or fool
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Or anyone who dribble-drooled of 
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caring
       G                  Em
And he won the prizes, he won the 
fame
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Till everybody knew his name
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And they loved him for his 
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devil-may-care daring


[Verse 3]
      G                  Em
And I liked his taste, I liked his 
style
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And I knew that in a little while
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He'd begin to use his charm and 
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guile to make it
     G               Em
He'd be the boss man of this town
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He’d let nobody push him down
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He'd be the hardest, and the 
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toughest and he'd take it


[Chorus]
             Em
And I said, "Always fight, don't 
lose face
C
Always lead, never chase
A
No one knows the second place
   D                           C  
So hurt and bleed, but win the 
    D
race"


[Verse 4]
   G                  Em
So when he passed the big exam
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I was proud he came, the Big I Am
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I could see he didn't give a damn 
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who thought it
      G                  Em
And I said it’s time you had your 
wheels
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So you can see how power feels
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So I found the best and the 
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fastest, and I bought it


[Verse 5]
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In his sports car and designer jeans
   G                  Em
He played the king of all the teens
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And he soon found out, money 
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means, best label
        G                 Em
And the girls he had wore sweet 
perfume
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Their scent still lingered in his 
room
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In the morning, he'd just smile 
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across the table


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[Verse 6]
     G              Em
Then last week in a country lane
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In darkness and in pouring rain
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A young kid must have been insane 
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to try him
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In a clapped out Ford with 
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white-walled tyres
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His chiming horn lit my son's fires
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As he flashed his beams and tried 
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to roar on by him


[Verse 7]
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And like the man I knew he'd be
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My son chose to disagree
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And they raced together fast to 
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see who'd weaken
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And just as my son pulled ahead
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A white-walled tyre lost its tread
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And the two cars locked as flames 
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became their beacon


[Chorus]
             Em
And I said, "Always fight, don't 
lose face
C
Always lead, never chase
A
No one knows the second place
   D                          
So hurt and bleed, but win the 
 C     D
race____"


[Verse 8]
  G                 Em
I raised my son the Eighties way
C               D
I never let him rest a day
         C                D       
I said, "Wasting time can only 
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lead to losing
     G                   Em
When you're a man you'll be my son
         C                D
And I've never lost, I’ve always won
          C                   D   
There are those who serve and 
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those who do the choosing"
             C                 D  
I know I was right to make him so 
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afraid of losing
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Because there are those who serve 
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and those who do the choosing