Song For A Neighbor

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[Chorus 1]
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I don’t want a know it all for a teacher
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I don’t need an anthem for a song
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I don’t want a saint for a preacher
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I don’t want a landfill for a lawn
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I don’t want a loudmouth for a president
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I don’t cheer for the red or blue team
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All I want is a neighbor I can learn something from
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Be good to them and they be good to me

[Verse 1]
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Compassion is only in fashion when someone is watching
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Is it only worth something if someone is willing to buy it
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The flow of traffic is slow and it seems to be stopping
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like we’re all livin’ in one big advertisement

[Chorus 2]
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I don’t want a know it all for a teacher
        F                    C/G
I don’t need an anthem for a song
Continues after the ad
        F                  C/G
I don’t want a saint for a preacher
        G                     C/G
I don’t want a landfill for a lawn
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I don’t want a loudmouth for a president
        F                   C/G
I don’t need same-day delivery
      F                        C/G             Am
All I want is a neighbor I can learn something from
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Be kind to them and they be kind me

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[Verse 2]
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when did everyone’s day become my business
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if I try to escape I feel left out
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Politicians on tv are fightin’ like families on Christmas
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So far each other’s failures is all they’ve talked about

[Bridge 1]
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You’re right I’m cranky
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That’ll happen when your forty/aging
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Interested less and less in relevancy
      F
I’m a critic of the critics
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A lover of the classics
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A hopeless Romantic and a realist in the making

[Verse 3]
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I only look for reason when its hiding
  Am                 G              C/G
I only search in the shadow of doubt
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I only understand living when someone is dying
   F                                        G G
So I should’ve reached enlightenment by now

[Chorus 3]
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I don’t want a know it all for a teacher
        F                    C/G
I don’t need an anthem for a song
        F                  C/G
I don’t want a saint for a preacher
        G                     G
I don’t want a landfill for a lawn
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I don’t want a loudmouth for a president
     F                             C/G
more nonsense is just what I don’t need
      F                        C/G               Am
All I want is a neighbor I can learn something from
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Be there for them and they be there for me
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Be there for you and you be there for me