Intro: A E B Dbm A E B Tom Thum: -nc- "If you're feeling low then give it a go! Try Lambert's Sniffing Salts today" Suffa: -nc- You know when you're doing a song about a small town -nc- A You gotta start it with a cliche, you know what I'm sayin' like Verse: E Time moves a little slower here B Dbm The paint peels 'cause the summers here are so severe A E And we're nowhere near no where you would know of B Dbm Locals here pride, they show up just to show off A E B Four men take a load off, just to watch the day go by Dbm Philosophizing with their friends like they're Plato A E B They prophecize on the bench by the main road, right Dbm They got advice; I'm like 'Ayo, if you say so guys' A E But what do they know, Fox News got 'em lit B Dbm They're shockers, fundamentalists, the new communists A E A girl with a shopping list, clutch her handbag close B Dbm I'm like "damn man" then it's all backhands, jokes A E 'Cause I'm a gentlemen, but then again most of are B Dbm First name basis in the bank, the post-office, the bar A E B The grocery, parks, hey lady I ain't tryna grab your pension Dbm The old men on the bench hum Instrumental: A E B Dbm A E B Tom Thum: -nc- "Direct from the transistor radio in your lounge room.It's the entertainment that the whole family can enjoy." -nc- "Well I say looking slick will do the trick so try Barry's Brylcreem cream today!" Montaigne & Suffa: -nc- Well lets go, lets go A E We're living in the days when everybody sayin' B Dbm "What a time to be alive" A E But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space B Dbm 'Cause it seems I'm stuck in time A E It's like we ride through life B Dbm Right in the shadow of the cold war A E It gets so quiet at night B A Like martial law took a hold of '55. Suffa: E Time moves a little slower here B Dbm A day feels like a week, a weekend feels like it could go a year A E And we're nowhere near nothing, man it's so true B Dbm I don't tell 'em where I'm from, I tell 'em where I'm close to A E B And I can go through an Atlas and show you on a map but Dbm A You'd still look me sideways and treat me like I'm backwards E But that's just fine, it so happens I'm B Dbm Happy living in a city that is trapped in time A E While you're lined up in traffic I'm B Dbm Not panicked 'bout transit, I'm back in time A E For a TV dinner and an early night B Dbm 'Cause we get dressed to travel, got an early flight A E Been doing laps of the earth while doing laps of the sun B Dbm Tryna put where I'm at on the map 'cause where I'm from A E Would never get a mention, but all that and then some B Dbm Once again the old men on the bench hum Instrumental: A E B Dbm A E B Tom Thum: -nc- "And across the country they came in waves. Thousands upon thousands of flying discs -nc- descending from the planet Mars." -nc- "For the closest shave try a Wilson's razor today." Montaigne & Suffa: -nc- Well lets go, lets go A E We're living in the days when everybody sayin' B Dbm "What a time to be alive" A E But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space B Dbm 'Cause it seems I'm stuck in time A E It's like we ride through life B Dbm Right in the shadow of the cold war A E It gets so quiet at night B A Like martial law took a hold of '55 Montaigne: E Where I go, where I go B Dbm This will always be home, no matter A E Where I go, where I go B Dbm This will always be home, no matter A E Where I go, where I go B Dbm This will always be home, no matter A E Where I go, where I go B This will always be home Instrumental: A E B Dbm A E B Tom Thum: -nc- "If you can't beat the summer heat then what you need is a Wordell's. Wordell -nc- Refrigerators: the cooler choice." -nc- "The dieting revolution taking the world by storm." Montaigne & Suffa: Well Montaigne lets go A E We're living in the days when everybody sayin' B Dbm "What a time to be alive" A E But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space B Dbm 'Cause it seems I'm stuck in time A E It's like we ride through life B Dbm Right in the shadow of the cold war A E It gets so quiet at night B A E B Like martial law took a hold of '55
