They Never Mean What They Say

F#
Got on the train come
    C#
She went out to the city
B                    F#
Lookin' for a better job

F#
He was in trouble
   C#
He said over the siren
   B                        F#
"I love you, but I'm just a slob"

F#
This is hardage
     C#
Its something to remember
      B                    F#
The theatre is for wasting time

F#
Working is lousy
    C#
And college is for quitters
     B                   F#
Some symmetry is hard to find

(enter piano and guitar)
F#
I'm tired and battered
B
Worn the sole off my shoes
F#
I'm rustled and torn
B
Short of nothing to lose
F#
I'm tired and battered
B                            F#
Sick of all these people


F#
Go out your front door
       C#
You'll never be so sorry
    B                      F#
The city life can make you born

     F#
When I was a child
  C#
I never stop to question
     B                       F#
Just what on earth I do this for

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F#
Looking in the corner
  C#
A quiet television
B                        F#
Remember when you saw me there?

F#
Kissing your ass for
  C#
A 100 thousand questions
  B                        F#
I miss it, but I just don't care

F#
I'm tired and battered
B
Worn the sole off my shoes
F#
I'm rustled and torn
B
Short of nothing to lose
F#
I'm tired and battered
B                            B
Sick of all these people

           B
They never mean what they say
           A#m
They never say they mean
          G#m
They only want you to give in
          G#m
I wish to god that I could meet somebody
     F#           B
That I could just spend
              F#           B          B
Somebody that I could just spend

(guitar solo)
F# C# B F# C# B F# C# B F# C# B

F#
I'm on the new love
    C#
I'm looking to get better
      B                       F#
Think maybe you could show me how?

   F#
If you really love me
     C#
Quit petting for affection
    B                           F#
And burn the fucking house down now

F#
I'm tired and battered
B
Worn the sole off my shoes
F#
I'm rustled and torn
B
short of nothing to lose
F#
I'm tired and battered
B                            B
Sick of all these people

           B
They never mean what they say
           A#m
They never say they mean
          G#m
They only want you to give in
          G#m
I wish to god that I could meet somebody
     F#           B
That I could just spend
              F#           B          B
Somebody that I could just spend

F#
I'm tired and battered
B
Worn the sole off my shoes
F#
I'm rustled and torn
B
Short of nothing to lose
F#
I'm tired and battered
B                            B
Sick of all these people

           B
They never mean what they say
           A#m
They never say they mean
          G#m
They only want you to give in
          G#m
I wish to god that I could meet somebody
     F#           B
That I could just spend
              F#           B          B
Somebody that I could just spend             (Repeat this and end on F#m)