A5
You didn't like my decision / to make the hero a villain.
F#5                                                E5
Said my stories all end bad. / they always make you feel so sad.
    A5
You answered rather casually. / you just record reality.
F#5                                                E5
You made it sound as though, / you'd given up so long ago.
      A5
Then find me a better ending. / stay away from fact amending.
F#5                                                E5
It s easy to blur and twist. / just tell it like it really is.
          A5
What's wrong with a little fantasy? / to show the way things ought to be.
F#5                                                E5
Why should i comply / to the silly limits of real life?
A5
Come on . . . Convince me
                F#5
I said . . . Come on ?Convince me
           D5  F#5  B5       E5                F#5
If you really do   believe these ridiculous things
E5               A5
Come on convince me
    A5
How bout a girl with giant wings, / flies away when life really stings?
F#5                                      E5
Has a plain & modest body, / and a black belt in karate?
A5
There you go escaping. / i'm tired of all this reshaping.
F#5                                E5
Got anything from life? / anything that made you cry?
      A5
The day i dwell on failure / is the day that i surrender.
F#5                                              E5
Yes, i've had my times. / but i never let it break my stride.
A5
If you never stop to wonder / about the times your life went under
F#5                                                        E5
How can you anticipate / when you're about to make the same mistakes?
A5
Come on . . . Convince me
                          F#5
If you think i'm wrong . . . Convince me
        D5     F#5  B5          E5            F#5
If you really do   believe these ridiculous things
E5               A5
Come on convince me
    A5
How bout a girl who's trying / to make a boy see the silver lining?
    F#5                                                          E5
Tells him now to shut his eyes. / and let her tell him crazy lies?
  A5
If you're the girl who's singing / i'm the boy who's listening.
   F#5                                                          E5
But if you want to end it happily, / you're gonna have to really . . .
A5
Convince me