Intro: E7
 
Verse 1:
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"Write what you know", So they say, all I know is
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I don't know what to write or the right way to write it.
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This is big, lady, don't screw it up,
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This is not some little vaudeville I'm reviewing.
 

 E7
Poor little kids versus rich greedy sour pusses
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Ha! It's a cinch! It could practically write itself-
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And let's pray it does, cause as I may have mentioned,
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I have no clue what I'm doing.
 

Ab7
Am I insane? This is what I've been waiting for.
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Well that, plus the screaming of ten angry editors.
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"A girl?" "It's a girl!" "How the hell?" "Is that even legal?"
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"Look, just go and get her!"
 

Ab7
Not only that, there's a story behind the story:
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Thousands of children, exploited, invisible.
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Speak up, take a stand, and there's someone to write G#out it.
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That's how things get better.
 
Chorus:
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Give life's little guys some ink,
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And when it dries just watch what happens.
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Those kids will live and breathe right on the page
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And once they're center stage, you watch what happens.
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And who's there with her camera and her pen
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As boys turn into men?
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They'll storm the gates and then
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Just watch what happens when they do.
 
Verse 2:
E7
Picture a handsome, heroically charismatic-
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Plain spoken, know nothing, skirt-chasing, cocky little son of a-
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Lie down with dogs and you wake up with a raise and a promotion.
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So, he's a flirt, a complete ego maniac.
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The fact is he's also the face of the strike-
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What a face- face the fact,
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That's a face that could save us all from sinking in the ocean.
 

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

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