Verse 1:
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Grandma’s drunk again
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passed out in her soup.
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The rats are singing
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“there’s asbestos in the roof”.
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Mr. Perkins in the
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front yard with his gun,
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the kids are crying
      B                Gb
as he points it at the sun.

Chorus:
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I smell pollen where the grass still lives,
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standing on the mezzanine choking on my spit.
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I still wonder why they live like this,
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it seems like everyone’s dying.

Interlude (x2): Bbm F B Gb

Verse 2:
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She killed her husband ‘cause he
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loved her like a xxxxx.
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They say the flowers grew
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the day she dumped the corpse.
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She drowns herself inside her
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Tylenol and pills.
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She says she could’ve been
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an actress in a film

Chorus:
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But I smell pollen where the grass still lives,
Bbm             Ab        Gb            Gb
standing on the mezzanine choking on my spit.
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I still wonder why they live like this,
   Bbm        Ab         F
It seems like everyone’s dying.

Interlude (x4): Bbm F B Gb

Bridge:
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This town is dying.
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Why are they like this?
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God keeps on lying.
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They’ll try to hide it.
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They’re setting fire to the churches tonight,
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the shadows dance on the wall,
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waiting for the answers to their calls.

Outro (x4): Bbm F B Gb

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