Driving Driving Driving chords by Kimya Dawson

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
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I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I read blogs by scientists
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And I believe they know, more than we are being told
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By the mainstream media sources who want the truth to hold it's horses
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so there isn't mass hysteria as the sea floor erodes

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And those in and on the ocean all say hey what's this commotion
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and they try to get away but they are moving in slow motion
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because their bodies are so heavy from a substance thick and deadly
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they say I don't want to die It's all your fault I wasn't ready

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I'm so sorry and I'm scared and sad and mad and unprepared
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to see the stuff that's in the sea evaporate into the air
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where it will gather and form clouds that travel north upon the wind
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and drop their cool refreshing poison raindrops on our crops and children

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So this may be the end I've always thought the end of man
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would be exactly what we need for the earth to stand a chance
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And I always thought I would be fine If this happened if my lifetime
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But now that I'm a mother it is really terrifying

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And I've always identified with a turtle's soft insides
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Because there are times when I really need to hide
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But even the strongest, toughest, thickest shell is not designed
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to survive, to survive, to survive

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Something of this magnitude
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Because water is fluid and oil is crude

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And it billows way down deep and it sticks to grains of sand
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And it floats upon the surface where the birds all try to land
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And the marshes are all ruined, ecosystems destroyed
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And the people all along the Gulf Coast are now unemployed

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While the men who cut the corners still scream DRILL, DRILL, DRILL
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from their yachts so far away and their mansions on the hill
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And they turn away the cameras and scream KILL, KILL, KILL
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As they light endangered sea turtles on fire

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Because the seas are all connected, And we are all connected
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And you are in denial if you think you won't be affected
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You can't hide behind your flag because water knows no border
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It will creep in every crack and seep in every pore

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They lie about the numbers the solutions are illusions
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But no cover up can hide this huge of a contusion
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On the face of our mother, that's right, mother earth
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Is the cost of every living thing what your product is worth?

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Well, we are all afflicted with an underground addiction
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will our desire for convenience be the cause of our extinction?
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And the industry's the master and we are all the slaves
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And we're DRIVING, DRIVING, DRIVING to our GRAVES, GRAVES, GRAVES

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We must teach our kids to love themselves and let them live their lives
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What will they be if they grow up? Whatever they like.
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It is crucial to raise children who don't do what they're told
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Who will fight for what's right and who can't be bought or sold

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I want nothing of this business I am staying underground
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And I'm gonna ride the railroad and let my guard down
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We can forage, and ride bikes, and jump in lakes, and go on hikes
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We can sing and sing for hours and click LIKE, LIKE, LIKE

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When somebody posts something good we share and spread the truth
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It's time to define what success means to you
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I hope my kid will never be another cog in their machine
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Trapped inside a box trying to remember her dreams

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They will sell us all out for their GREED, GREED, GREED
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As we cry for the earth as she BLEEDS, BLEEDS, BLEEDS

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So hold on to your loved ones, yeah, hold on for dear life
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Try to walk like thunder leaving footprints that are light
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Hold on to your loved ones, hold on for dear life
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Try to walk like thunder leaving footprints that are light

Verse 16:
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I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but I read blogs by scientists
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And I believe they know, more than we are being told
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By the mainstream media sources who want the truth to hold it's horses
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so there isn't mass hysteria as the sea floor erodes

Verse 17:
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And those in and on the ocean all say hey what's this commotion
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and they try to get away but they are moving in slow motion
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because their bodies are so heavy from a substance thick and deadly
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