Capo at 2 C Am
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Oooh la la la la la la la la bop bop bop (twice)
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C Am
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I look at a news cast being broadcast and
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C Am
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try to connect with the events in front of my eyes
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C Am
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But I can't see any further than the bills on the table
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C Am C Am
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or my kids first Halloween disguise ooooh
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Then I drive into town And go to the Hudson Valley Mall
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And look at the youth in their White snake T shirts
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They're wearing a poor man's version of the haircut
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Man they might as well be from another universe
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F C F C
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I'd like to live In one world or another
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F C Bb F
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Baby one world or another Would almost seem right
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F C F C
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I'd like to see Peace on earth for my brother But I'm just a
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CHORUS
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C Am C Am C Am C
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Ooooooh Big man on paper ooooh Big man on paper
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C Am
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Oooh la la la la la la la la bop bop bop (twice)
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I look at a magazine designed for the successful woman
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And look for one designed for the unsuccessful man
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But I can't see it anywhere on the newsstands
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Maybe next week Maybe next week
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So I hit the arcade and then get back in the car
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And drive drive drive down that empty highway again
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Surrounded by food you don't worry about starvation
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Only temptation and keeping sane
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Maybe you live in one world or another Baby One world or another
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And maybe that's right I found myself Somewhere under the cover of a
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... CHORUS (After chorus a few clashing G's then C Am etc)
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BIG MAN ON PAPER
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| Graham Parker |
