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Vera's face burnt as a memory of bedroom fun
GWith (320003@1)a lighter and some hairspray, Smoking in the girls' room
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Not worse than Shelley's rape behind the McDonald's
GBy (320003@1)a man she thought was fine, didn't tell anybody
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Or maybe back then we just thought that she was getting some 
GNow (320003@1)we look back and see that she didn't know how 
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We never thought that we'd get caught up
GStuck (320003@1)in the teenage waste

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As we explode
DM	AM	GAs (320003@1)we explode

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Then getting drunk in the bushes by the road outside the 
GKmart (320003@1)rolling around in them to see if you would get 
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Prickled slip the acid on your tongue rooftop 
GMall (320003@1)parkade, we couldn't get enough
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Then count the stars and the ten million woes
GJust (320003@1)you and the universe judging each other
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We never knew that we'd get caught up
GStuck (320003@1)in the teenage waste

[CHORUS]
DM	AM	GAs (320003@1)we explode
DM	AM	GAs (320003@1)we explode
DM	AM	GAs (320003@1)we explode
DM	AM	GAs (320003@1)we let go






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It's a fight, it's a fight and you 
GFinally (320003@1)belong got a shiner now and 
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It's more than a battle scar, more than a battle scar, 
GSuch (320003@1)a good, good story to tell
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At lunch break, lunch break, lunch break, lunch break
GSuch (320003@1)a good, good story to tell
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You bully, you break, you bully, you break
GYou (320003@1)fake, you fake, you fake, you fake
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You smoke, you toke, you want, you flaunt
GYou (320003@1)hit it and you're in it 
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And it's spinning 
GAnd (320003@1)it's wild
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We never thought that we'd get caught up
GStuck (320003@1)in the teenage waste

[CHORUS]
DM	AM	GAs (320003@1)we explode
DM	AM	GAs (320003@1)we explode
DM	AM	GAs (320003@1)we explode
DM	AM	GAs (320003@1)we let go

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We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars
GWe're (320003@1)gonna go far, we're gonna go far
AM
We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars
GWe're (320003@1)not very far, we're not very far
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And it's you and me in the open air
GIt's (320003@1)truth or dare, we don't care
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We're counting the stars, we're counting the stars 
AM				GWe're (320003@1)counting the stars, we're counting the stars