first verse :
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synapse to synapse : the possibility’s thin .
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i’m dressed up for free drinks and family greetings
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on your wedding , your wedding , your wedding date .
Bm D G E Bm D G E Bm D A E
the figures in plastic on the wedding cake that i took were so real .

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and i kept distance : the complications cloud
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the postcards and blips through fiber optics ,
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as the girls with pigtails were running from little
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boys wearing bow ties their parents bought them : “i’ll catch
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you this time!”

chorus :
F# E Bm D G E
crashing through the parlor doors , what was your first reaction?
F# E
screaming , drunk , disorderly : i’ll tell you mine .
Bm D G E Bm D G E
you were the one , but i can’t spit it out when the date’s been set .
Bm D G E Bm D G E
the white routine to be ingested inaccurately .

second verse :
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synapse to synapse : the sneaky kids had attached
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beer cans to the bumper so they could drive
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up and down the main drag .
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people would turn to see who’s making the racket .
Bm D G E
it’s not
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the first time .

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when they lay down the fish will swim upstream
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and i’ll contest , but they won’t listen
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when the casualty rate’s near 100% ,
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and there isn’t a pension for second best or for hard – – – – – ly moving . . .

chorus :
F# E Bm D G E
crashing through the parlor doors , what was your first reaction?
F# E
screaming , drunk , disorderly : i’ll tell you mine .
Bm D G E Bm D G E
you were the one , but i can’t spit it out when the date’s been set .
Bm D G E Bm D G E
the white routine to be ingested inaccurately .

Bm D G E Bm D G E
you were the one , but i can’t spit it out when the date’s been set .
Bm D G E Bm D G E
the white routine to be ingested inaccurately .