Know Your Onion

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F C F C Shut out, pimpled and angry F C Bb C I quietly tied all my guts into knots F C F C Gave up on trying to make them F C Bb C I figured it'd take them too long to look up

Dm A Bb F And besides, it was undeniably clear to me, I don't know why Bb F Bb When every other part of life seemed locked behind shutters C I knew what worthless dregs we've always been

F C F C Lucked out and found my favorite records F C Bb C Lying in wait at the Birmingham mall F C F C The songs that I heard, the occasional book F C Bb C Were the only fun I ever

A Bb C F Took, and I got on with making myself

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A Bb C And the trick is just making

C# Cm Yourself, but when they're parking their cars on your chest C# You've still got a view of the summer sky Cm To make it hurt twice when your restless body C# Caves to its whims Cm And suddenly struggles to take flight

F C F C Three thousand miles north east, I left all my F C Bb C Friends at the morning bus stop shaking their heads F C F C What kind of life you dream of, you're allergic to F C Bb C Love, Yes I know, but I must say in my own

Dm A Bb F Defense, it's been undeniably dear to me, I don't know why Bb F Bb When every other part of life seemed locked behind shutters C I knew the worthless dregs we are C The selfless, loving saints we are C F The melting, sliding dice we've always been