Verse 1: F Ab C Bb I’ve got skills, they don’t know where to use me F Ab C Bb I’m like the best-dressed dude at the nude beach F Ab C Bb Nice to meet you Interlude: F Ab C Bb F Ab I am more the quiet type C Bb I tend to be a shyer guy F Ab As safe as knee and elbow pads C Bb In cul-de-sacs with traffic lights F Ab I spend most of my time alone C Bb It’s not all that bad, you know F Ab C Bb I lost some weight from anxious pacing talking on the telephone F Ab If I look cool, I’m foolin’ you C Bb At any point, you can assume F Ab C Bb My mind’s computing every path that screws up what I want to do F Lock the door Ab Seal it, too C Bb Dancing in the panic room! Chorus: F Ab I made a promise C Bb Now I feel nauseous F Ab C Bb As if I chugged a cup of stuff you clean your countertops with F Ab But no Lysol won't solve this C Bb So I am out of options F Ab C Bb Ab It’s past my bedtime and I’m honestly exhausted F Ab C Bb And I just wanna be more than nostalgia F Ab C Bb Received like a hot dog down at the dog park F Ab C B Be your best friend Interlude: F Ab C Bb Verse 2: F Ab The things that I can’t shoulder well C Bb I pass on to my older self F Ab C Bb And hope I learn to cope so I don’t end up roped or overwhelmed F Ab ‘Cause vocally, I’m not the best C Bb I’m openly admitting that F Ab C Bb But if you cared I doubt you would have made it past McCracken, yeah F Ab If I look brave, I’m secretly C Bb Pretending I’m a different me F G C Bb The one onstage who plays and sings and claps and shouts and basically F Behind the door Ab Just out of view C Bb Dancing in the panic room Chorus: F Ab I made a promise C Bb Now I feel nauseous F Ab C Bb As if I chugged a cup of stuff you clean your countertops with F Ab But no Lysol won't solve this C Bb So I am out of options F Ab C Bb Ab It’s past my bedtime and I’m honestly exhausted Bb but if you want it F Ab C Bb Hey-hey-hey! F Ab C Bb Hey-hey-hey! F Ab C Bb Hey-hey-hey! F Ab C Bb Hey-hey-hey! Interlude: Ab Bb Bridge: F Ab C Bb Now wouldn’t it be the best if all the answers to our questions F Ab C Bb Came as sheepish realizations, obvious in retrospective F Ab C Bb Like the answer for anxiety that’s crept into your head F Ab C Bb Is as simple as your printer: you forgot to plug it in F Ab C Bb Instead of playing Twister with my lyrics ‘cause I can F Ab C Bb And filling every syllable with lots of bull, should I instead F Ab C Bb Give you the simple sing-along you’re all hoping will come next F G C Or do I load this mother up and do-dah-do what I do best? Chorus: F Ab So here’s my promise C Bb Don’t aim for flawless F Ab C Bb ‘Cause some of your best art is made with chalk on your sidewalk, it's F Ab Gone when you wash it off, it’s C Bb Not made for fame or profits F Ab C Bb Ab It’s lookin’ back and givin’ all you got to top it Bb But if you want it Outro: F Ab C Bb Hey-hey-hey! F Ab C Bb Hey-hey-hey! F Ab C Bb Hey-hey-hey! F Ab C Bb Hey-hey-hey! Ab Bb F Hey-ey-hey! He-he-hey!
