Newborn

INTRO
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This town bleeds like an open wound
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You found no peace in a rented room
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And every brick sings a different tune
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Either kissed or cried on every avenue
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Well as she steals an hour from the darkest night
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Wraps it up in gold and gives me some light
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‘til there's nothing but shivers going down my spine
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Rather wake for an hour than sleep for a lifetime
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Well I make my way through the rain torn street
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Past the drunks and their pieces of meat
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The alcohol now clouds their minds
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Souls are wishing for closing time

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And the coat she bought is bound to keep me warm
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Buttons are hanging off, sleeves are torn
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The wind outside howls like a newborn

D# Fm Cm (2x)

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Please tell me why I’m here before you tell me to stay
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The big bang doesn’t care if I pray
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Well I could fill my time in a million ways
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Put a little bit of sunshine in my day
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There’s still a swing on the old oak tree
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Where we used to play, my brother and me
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And sometimes I feel like going home
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But home is a childhood memory
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Well I cried a tear when I heard the news
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Really nothing that I could say or do
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It’s the hardest lesson I ever learned
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Light a candle just to watch it burn

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So you get caught up in a raging winter storm
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All the lights are off and the curtains are drawn
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You can live like a king but you die like a newborn

D# Fm Cm (2x)

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Well I rolled a take me from place to place
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Gonna let this hair grow from my face
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And where I’m bound I cannot tell
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If you believe the bible then I’m bound for hell
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Well I got a lover now she got me
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She knows a place inside my dreams
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If I sell this ring it’ll make me sad
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I’ll buy me a brand new sleeping bag
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There’s a map of the stars on her chest
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There’s a universe sitting behind her eyes
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But I’ll meet you at 6 after some rest
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We’ll get paid, we’ll get drunk and we’ll get by

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Chase the sunset until the morning
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We’ll sleep through a thousand world wars
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And I’ll smile like a widow but cry like a newborn