• Song:

    Grievances

  • Artist:

    Daniel Johnston

  • Album:

    The Early Recordings, V...

Intro: C5  F5  G5

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If I had my own way, you?d be with me here today
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But I rarely have my own way, I guess that?s why you ain?t here with me
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today
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And the librarian said:
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"You can?t buy no respect"
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I said: "Hey lady, what can you expect
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when I?m lyin? on the floor?"

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You?re a lovely lady but you don?t wanna be no girl of mine
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and the only thing you ever did for me was help me waste my time

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And I saw you at the funeral
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You were standing there like a temple
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I said: "Hi, how are you? Hello"
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and I pulled up a casket and crawled in????Yes I did!

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Climbed up a mountain and I looked around
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 some Kind Of Circus with all them clowns
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I said: "Hey wait a minute. Can we slow down a bit?"
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And I almost got hit by a truck
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Well it just goes to show you that we?re all on our own
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 Scrounging for our own share of good luck
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stab your brother in the back
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 and pick up your paycheck

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Goodbye lonely heart Jolene, you never did work anyhow
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I?m lookin? for a nice girl, and I don?t want no cow

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  I?m heading out west
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  gonna find me the best
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?cause I played the game, but I failed the test
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If I can?t be a lover, then I?ll be a pest
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