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The Wild Truth - T Bone Burnett
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Tuning: Standard
T Bone Burnett
The Wild Truth (1988)
(T Bone Burnett)
From: "The Talking Animals"
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INTRO
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B (x2444x@1)You never said it was a bed of roses
E (022100@1)But you never said it was a bed of nails
B (x2444x@1)You never told me 'bout the rubber hoses
E (022100@1)Or how unsteady were the justice scales
A (x02220@1) GI (320003@1)need the wild truth
A (x02220@1) GThe (320003@1)wild truth
A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) EThe (022100@1)wild truth
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B (x2444x@1)On the street there are a billion people
E (022100@1)They got no love, they got no hope
B (x2444x@1)They got no youth, they got no beauty
E (022100@1)They're looking backwards through a telescope
A (x02220@1) GThey (320003@1)need the wild truth
A (x02220@1) GThe (320003@1)wild truth
A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) BThe (x2444x@1)wild truth
B (x2444x@1)
Whatever happened to the man walking down the street
AbmWith (133111@4)his hands in his pockets whistling a tune?
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)Science fiction and nostalgia have become the same thing
B (x2444x@1)
I don't know how to make any choices anymore, I mean,
Abm (133111@4) A (x02220@1)Who do I vote for? I get the feeling that as soon as
BSomething (x2444x@1)appears in the paper it ceases to be true
B (x2444x@1)I have to meet the man who can crack this world of justice
Abm (133111@4) ALike (x02220@1)a safe. Someone with the courage to allow room for
BGood (x2444x@1)things to run wild
B (x2444x@1) AInto (x02220@1)the wild truth
B (x2444x@1) AThe (x02220@1)wild truth
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) EThe (022100@1)wild truth
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B (x2444x@1)We don't need no voodoo stories
E (022100@1)From no magic president
B (x2444x@1)Who tries to make a dream a fait accompli
E (022100@1)By using phantoms for his evidence
A (x02220@1) GWe (320003@1)need the wild truth
A (x02220@1) GThe (320003@1)wild truth
A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) EThe (022100@1)wild truth
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B (x2444x@1)I tell a hundred thousand lies that twist me
E (022100@1)Into the noise where I hide my sin
B (x2444x@1)My shame and scandal pull me down and kiss me
E (022100@1)I can't live a life that might have been
A (x02220@1) GI (320003@1)need the wild truth
A (x02220@1) GThe (320003@1)wild truth
A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) BThe (x2444x@1)wild truth
B (x2444x@1) Abm (133111@4)Are we supposed to take all this greed and fear and hatred seriously?
A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1)It's like watching dust settle it never changes, it's too consistent
B (x2444x@1) Abm (133111@4)Mercy is not consistent it's like the wind, it goes where it will.
A (x02220@1) BMercy (x2444x@1)is comic, and it's the only thing worth taking seriously
B (x2444x@1) AI (x02220@1)need the wild truth
B (x2444x@1) AThe (x02220@1)wild truth
B (x2444x@1) AThe (x02220@1)wild truth
B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) EThe (022100@1)wild truth
