Tom: Em
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[Verse 1]
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Say I'm going, yes I am going in another day,
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Coz if I do go home I've nothing left to say.
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I'm a man whose clock's on... but out of my life.
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When the lights go out tonight I'll make my move.
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Too many years and all those tears have gone so deep inside me.
[Verse 2]
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Oh, no!
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Along the edge,.........above the metal dreamlike streamlike world.
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Way up above looking down up row after row of factory machines.
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There's no time like the present.
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Singing a song I brought along to keep me company.
[Synth instrumental interlude]
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Oh, no!
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G/B Em6/B G/B G/B
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G/B Em6/B G/B G/B
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[Repeat intro]
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[Verse 3]
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Aching back, my breath coming fast,
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my feet getting lighter, I feel kind of dizzy
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Running up, I'm running down.
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I am nearly there, I am, I'm nearly there.
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The light in the distance is getting so much brighter.
[Verse 4]
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I'm a nooooo-man in a no-man's land.
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The metal girders that stand all around have now gone.
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The sky through the skylight's a different shade of blue.
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Cats and rats in this neighbourhood,
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Cats and rats in this neighbourhood.
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Cats and rats in this neighbourhood.
[Bridge]
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Look different to me.
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Let it be a better day - for you, my...
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...love.
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Let it be a better day - for me, my...
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...love.
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[Outro]
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(Repeat and fade out, blending into the next song)
