G Em D C
[Verse]
G             Em
I lay down an awful wreck,
        D                 C
pissing out my window and smoking in bed.
G                                   Em
The good don't die young, they just haven't had time to
D                       C
fuck up the same as the rest of us yet.
G               Em
I want nothing, nothing at all.
       D                  C
I'd be driving drunk if I still got drunk.
G                          Em
Rev the ignition, straight on to oblivion.
D              C
Into a void as pure as they come.
[Pre-Chorus]
G                                         G
But if we aren't dead yet, then let's not live as ghosts and
Em                                Em
if we aren't in jail, then we can leave the house and
C                          C
I'll show you that there's reason to hope in
D                          D
the spray paint that's all over down town, so...
[Chorus]
C                 D
Let's fill up our shopping carts
         G                       Em                 C
with the things we need and just roll out the front door,
         D                     Em             D
past the cashiers and security guards, wo-o-oah.
C               D
But the magnets trip the wheel locks,
Em             D                 C
before we even clear the parking lot,
             D
and take off running through the neighbors yard.
G Em D C
G             Em
I lay down an awful wreck,
     D                       C
mumbling to myself about the government again.
      G                  Em
Maybe postmodernism's an extended tantrum
D                           C
about how we don't have our flying cars yet.
G               Em
I want nothing, nothing from them.
          D                  C
I'd smash every machine if I didn't have one.
G                          Em
Rev the ignition, straight onto oblivion,
D           C
into a void as pure as they come.
[Pre-Chorus]
G                                         G
But if we aren't dead yet, then let's not live as ghosts and
Em                                Em
if we aren't in jail, then we can leave the house and
C                          C
I'll show you that there's reason to hope in
D                          D
the spray paint that's all over down town, so...
[Verse]
C              D
Meet me at the diner at
G               Em              C
six o' clock on every Wednesday night,
          D                   Em          D
and we'll get some coffee and pie, wo-o-oah.
C              D
And I'll smile, tip the waiter,
Em              D                   C
get a ride home: "Thanks for the favor."
              D
And hope that that's enough to build a life.
G Em D
   C
Is this enough to build a life?
G Em D C