A5 G5 D5 E5 x 2 A5 G5 D5 E5 White houses in neat little rows contrasting against the sky A5 G5 D5 E5 Tumbled down black shacks over the tracks children so hungry they could cry A5 G5 D5 E5 The chrome the steel the metal dream leaving the teepee to rot A5 G5 D5 E5 The escapist young mind left behind saving dimes for community pot A5 G5 D5 You better get straight E5 A5 G5 Better, better get straight D5 E5 A5 G5 I mean you better get straight right now D5 E5 A5 G5 D5 E5 Better get it, you better, better get straight babe A5 G5 D5 E5 They're crying out for love all the time but they fail to see their neighbours eyes A5 G5 D5 E5 The TV is on 6 o'clock news the channel's in full colored lies A5 G5 D5 E5 The company meets, the President speaks he's young but his bones creak A5 G5 D5 E5 Young girl dresses for the high school dance and the guy next door is dyin' for a peek A5 G5 Get straight D5 E5 A5 G5 You better, yeah, you better get straight babe D5 E5 A5 G5 Oh did you get what I said, I said to you D5 E5 A5 That you, you better, you better get angry G5 D5 E5 You better, you better get straight SOLO (32 bars) A5 G5 D5 E5 They put a bible in the drawer of the motel room and it's crying out to be read A5 G5 D5 E5 But it stays right there collecting dust, no one understands what's being said A5 G5 D5 E5 Lovers make love in comfy boxes, what will tomorrow bring A5 G5 D5 E5 They've been told that it's wrong but they don't give a damn, soon another life it will bring A5 G5 You better get straight baby D5 E5 A5 G5 Yeah you, you better get straight baby D5 E5 A5 G5 Oh and I think I better get myself to get it babe D5 E5 A5 G5 You know what I mean I been bent so very long D5 E5 I wanna fly right, I wanna do it alright etc. Bruce
