Intro: C Am Em G Verse 1: C Am I don't live in California, I'll inform you, that's not where I reside Em G I'm just a tenant, paying rent inside this body and I C Am Got two windows and those windows, well I'll call them my eyes Em G I'm just going where the wind blows, I don't get to decide Pre-Chorus: C Am Sometimes I think too much, yeah, I get so caught up Em I'm always stuck in my head C Am I wish I could escape, I tried to yesterday Em Took all the sheets off my bed Chorus: C Am Em Then I tied up my linen with five strips of ribbon I found C Scaled the side of the building Am Em I ran to the hills till they found me C And they put me back in my cell Am Em All by myself, alone with my thoughts again C Am Em I guess my mind is a prison and I'm never gonna get out Verse 2: C Am So they tranquilized me, analyzed me, threw me back in my cage Em G Then they tied me to an IV, told me I was insane C Am I'm a prisoner, a visitor inside of my brain Em G And no matter what I do, they try to keep me in chains Pre-Chorus: C Am Sometimes I think too much, yeah, I get so caught up Em I'm always stuck in my head C Am I wish I could escape, I tried to yesterday Em Took all the sheets off my bed Chorus: C Am Em Then I tied up my linen with five strips of ribbon I found C Scaled the side of the building Am Em I ran to the hills till they found me C And they put me back in my cell Am Em All by myself, alone with my thoughts again C Am Em I guess my mind is a prison and I'm never gonna get out Bridge: C Am Said even if it's true, no matter what I do Em I'm never gonna escape C Am I won't give up on hope, secure another rope Em And try for another day C Am Said even if it's true, no matter what I do Em I'm never gonna escape C Am I won't give up on hope, secure another rope Em And try for another day Chorus: C Am Em Then I tied up my linen with five strips of ribbon I found C Scaled the side of the building Am Em I ran to the hills till they found me C And they put me back in my cell Am Em All by myself, alone with my thoughts again C Am Em I guess my mind is a prison and I'm never gonna get out
