Am (x02210@1)                    F (133211@1)                        C (x32010@1)  Thirty licks with a belt; same old tricks on myself.
                   DmAnd (xx0231@1)I wonder: Does everyone else live this way?
Am (x02210@1)                F (133211@1)                    C (x32010@1)  A succession of tests, a triumphant success,
                       DmEach (xx0231@1)time I'm still intact, at the end of the day.

Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)Am (x02210@1)                   F (133211@1)                      C (x32010@1)  Thirty drops in a glass, keep my temper and pass
                          DmWith (xx0231@1)my breath held. You bastards, you've lucked out again!
Am (x02210@1)                   F (133211@1)  It's not really so bad. There's still mom, there's still
 C (x32010@1)                 DmDamage (xx0231@1)to do before they wrest the axe from my hands.

Am (x02210@1)                 F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1)  It's no mystery: you should obviously go,
   DmBefore (xx0231@1)I break everything.
Am (x02210@1)                       F (133211@1)                     C (x32010@1)  You're always telling me that you're dying to know;
           DmBut (xx0231@1)you're not really listening.

F (133211@1)                 Am (x02210@1)                  EHow (022100@1)do I manage to station myself in harm's way,
                         FAnd (133211@1)only get hit with a ticket for loitering
 Am (x02210@1)                  EThat (022100@1)I have no way to pay? And no strength to argue.
    F (133211@1)                  Am (x02210@1)                  EMy (022100@1)personal demons can scheme with professional care...

Oh, god, they're after me!
F (133211@1)                       AmIf (x02210@1)I could shut them out just for a second,
 EI (022100@1)swear:

I could stop this catastrophe.

Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)Am (x02210@1)                 F (133211@1)  Thirty day guarantee,
                          CBut (x32010@1)they can't have meant me.
                  DmAfter (xx0231@1)all, I was born to a child-proof world.
Am (x02210@1)                      F (133211@1)  No sharp corners, or glass,
                    CSmall (x32010@1)objects, or plastic bags.
                   DmPlease, (xx0231@1)these are death to a delicate girl.

Am (x02210@1)                  F (133211@1)                   C (x32010@1)  It's no mystery - you should obviously know
      DmThat (xx0231@1)I'll destroy everything.
Am (x02210@1)                     F (133211@1)                     C (x32010@1)  So don't go telling me that you're dying to know
              Dm'Cause (xx0231@1)you'll get what you're asking for.

F (133211@1)                    Am (x02210@1)                  EAnd (022100@1)I still manage to station myself in harm's way,
                         FAnd (133211@1)only get hit with a ticket for loitering,
  Am (x02210@1)                  EStating (022100@1)I came the wrong day.
 F (133211@1)                      Am (x02210@1)                      ENow (022100@1)all the demons are screaming, their wages aren't fair.

I've left a secret kept.
F (133211@1)                      Am (x02210@1)                  EIf (022100@1)I could shut them up just for a second, I swear:

It'll look like an accident.

Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)                   I could be decent yet!

Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)                   Be magnificent!

Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Dm (xx0231@1)                   I could be president...