Intro: D7
 
Verse 1:
D7
"Write what you know", So they say, all I know is
      G        
I don't know what to write or the right way to write it.
        D7
This is big, lady, don't screw it up,
                          G   Em   C Bm Em7 A7
This is not some little vaudeville I'm reviewing.
 

 D7
Poor little kids versus rich greedy sour pusses
G  
Ha! It's a cinch! It could practically write itself-
     D7
And let's pray it does, cause as I may have mentioned,
        G Em   C   Bm Em Dbm   
I have no clue what I'm doing.
 

Gb7
Gm I insane? This is what I've been waiting for.
     B   
Well that, plus the screaming of ten angry editors.
    Gb7
"A girl?" "It's a girl!" "How the hell?" "Is that even legal?"
 B   Abm  E Ebm  Abm7
"Look, just go and get her!"
 

Gb7
Not only that, there's a story behind the story:
B   
Thousands of children, exploited, invisible.
      A7
Speak up, take a stand, and there's someone to write G#out it.
D7                     D7
That's how things get better.
 
Chorus:
 G                           D7   
Give life's little guys some ink,
                         C
And when it dries just watch what happens.
      Csus2      D         G
Those kids will live and breathe right on the page
    D7                               C
And once they're center stage, you watch what happens.
    Csus2        D       Em
And who's there with her camera and her pen
    F
As boys turn into men?
         Dm7
They'll storm the gates and then
       D        C        D        G5        Csus2
Just watch what happens when they do.
 
Verse 2:
D7
Picture a handsome, heroically charismatic-
G                                                       D7
Plain spoken, know nothing, skirt-chasing, cocky little son of a-
                                            G   Em C Bm Em7 A7
Lie down with dogs and you wake up with a raise and a promotion.
D7
So, he's a flirt, a complete ego maniac.
    G  
The fact is he's also the face of the strike-
        D7
What a face- face the fact,
                                           G Em  C Bm Em Dbm   
That's a face that could save us all from sinking in the ocean.
 

Gb7
Like someone said, "Power tends to corrupt"
        B   
And G#solute power, wait! Wait, corrupts!?
                     Gb7
G#solutely, that is genius!
                                                 B  Abm  E     Ebm  Abm7
But give me some time, I'll be twice as good as that six months from never.
 

Gb7
Just look around at the world we're inheriting
    B   
And think of the one we'll create.
                          A7
Their mistake is they got old, that is not a mistake we'll be making.
        D7                  D7
No sir, we'll stay young forever!
 
Chorus:
 G                         D7                     C
Give those kids and me the brand new century and watch what happens.
    Csus2   D    G                     D7   
It's David and Goliath, do or die! The fight is on,
              C
And I can't watch what happens.
   Csus2   D      Em                     F
But all I know is nothing happens if you just give in.
   Em                      F
It can't be any worse than how it's been.
 
Outro:
        G5      G5             G5          C   
And it just so happens that we just might win,
Cm    D7   
So whatever happens!
        G5        Am7 D7     G
Let's begin!