Capo 4 C5 F5 I was born in Rochester to a book making man C5 G5 had a fake cigar shop with the games on in the back C5 F5 see them coming and going letting it ride on thorough breads C5 G5 C5 the police chief and tom hall wondering what was the spread C5 F5 I carried rich man?s bags through brier trying to chase down a little white ball C5 G5 learned that any soft place wasn't good for me at all C5 F5 daddy'd come home fired up looking for some sort of release C5 G5 C5 he'd beat the hell of Timmy and Timmy'd beat the hell out of me F5 C5 I would hop the fence out to those government fields F5 C5 run till there was nothing left to feel F5 C5 lying there watching planes just disappear G5 C5 knowing one day I?m gonna fly on out of here C5 F5 the same police chief came knocking my first freshman day C5 G5 put my daddy in handcuffs and his picture on the front page C5 F5 took every one of his suits and all my dignity C5 G5 C5 I?d walk the halls of irodiquie waiting for any punk to set me free F5 C5 I would hop the fence out to those government fields F5 C5 run till there was nothing left to feel F5 C5 lying there watching planes just disappear G5 C5 knowing one day I?m gonna fly on out of here C5 F5 got that call to Vietnam just like everyone else i knew C5 G5 so scared of the hand grenades through them farther than any other troop C5 F5 came home like an iron fist and Timmy tried to take my keys C5 G5 C5 ripped open his from pocket that was the last time he touched me C5 F5 moved to an island out west and up to Breckenridge C5 G5 met a mermaid on a glass boat and she promised me some kids C5 F5 bought a house in Oregon where you could touch both of the walls C5 G5 C5 had a son named Benjamin and i was so scared of it all Interlude (same as Verses) C5 F5 well Benjamin walked in the front room where I was cutting up my hash C5 G5 looked into his deep blue eyes wondering why I?d been so mad C5 F5 flushed a quarter pound down the drain praying for the mercy to confess C5 G5 C5 trying to rip the boy from Rochester right out of my chest F5 C5 were gonna walk right out into those heavenly fields F5 C5 run like there was no more time to steal F5 C5 my three boys and the grace of god revealed G5 C5 knowing one day you're gonna take me out of here G5 C5 knowing one day you're gonna take me out of here
