A D G
Wild girl, you must have been a terror when you were young
D G D A
Or your mamma must have let you run, let you run free
D G D
But it wasn't very nice eating, eating all that sugar and spice
G D
What they want a girl to be
G
D G D
And all the things a child learns on their way from hope to here
G D
The innocence, the fury, the racism, the rage and fear
G D Em D
I don't remember tell me again the part no one wants to hear
Bm
A G A Bm
Well, that's so many people's story, a lot of heartache but not much glory
A G A D
But glory, the truth be told tomorrow you are twenty one years old
G D
I say happy birthday tomorrow to you
G D
The only game in town
G
D G D
You can live your life with regret about the things you think you did wrong
G D
Or over what someone would not give
G D
Or you can be grateful when you open your eyes
G D
The story you write, you live
Bm
D G A Bm
Well, it's hard to be older and poor, I don't dig it that much anymore
A G A D
But everyday of my life I'm so proud, so proud I became his wife
G D
Because I got to raise Charlotte and Charlotte's learning
G D
The only game in town
Gm G D
Wild girl in a red dress, come on, speak up, say yes
G A D
This thing that makes you beautiful never comes out of a jar, yeah
G D
You are a beautiful girl, you're reaching out from your beautiful world
G D
That is the daughter you are
Bm
A
Walk right and the real world knows it
G D Bm A
'Cause you bring it back down into the real world
G D A
Walk right up the real world knows it
G D
You'll bring it back down into the real world
F#m
G D
Say take me back, baby
A G Bm
I just wanna make a dream come true
G D Bm
I came here to love somebody
A G A D
I just wanna make my dreams come true
G D G C
And I'm trying because trying is the only game
A D G Em D G D G D G
The only game, the only game in town
