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Driving Driving Driving by Kimya Dawson

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

Verse 2:
          Em                          C
And those in and on the ocean all say hey what's this commotion
         G                            F
and they try to get away but they are moving in slow motion
              Em                         C
because their bodies are so heavy from a substance thick and deadly
         G                                 F
they say I don't want to die It's all your fault I wasn't ready

Verse 3:
       Em                               C
I'm so sorry and I'm scared and sad and mad and unprepared
           G                            F
to see the stuff that's in the sea evaporate into the air
              Em                                 C
where it will gather and form clouds that travel north upon the wind
               G                                F
and drop their cool refreshing poison raindrops on our crops and children

Verse 4:
   Em                              C
So this may be the end I've always thought the end of man
         G                            F
would be exactly what we need for the earth to stand a chance
      Em                                C
And I always thought I would be fine If this happened if my lifetime
    G                           F
But now that I'm a mother it is really terrifying

Verse 5:
    Em                     C
And I've always identified with a turtle's soft insides
G                              F
Because there are times when I really need to hide
      Em                                   C
But even the strongest, toughest, thickest shell is not designed
   G                       F
to survive, to survive, to survive

                  Em        C
Something of this magnitude
        G                  F
Because water is fluid and oil is crude

Verse 6:
       Em                           C
And it billows way down deep and it sticks to grains of sand
       G                                 F
And it floats upon the surface where the birds all try to land
        Em                         C
And the marshes are all ruined, ecosystems destroyed
        G                               F
And the people all along the Gulf Coast are now unemployed

Verse 7:
          Em                                   C
While the men who cut the corners still scream DRILL, DRILL, DRILL
           G                            F
from their yachts so far away and their mansions on the hill
         Em                               C
And they turn away the cameras and scream KILL, KILL, KILL
        G                               F
As they light endangered sea turtles on fire

Verse 8:
            Em                          C
Because the seas are all connected, And we are all connected
    G                              F
And you are in denial if you think you won't be affected
          Em                            C
You can't hide behind your flag because water knows no border
        G                        F
It will creep in every crack and seep in every pore

Verse 9:
     Em                          C
They lie about the numbers the solutions are illusions
       G                 F
But no cover up can hide this huge of a contusion
       Em                         C
On the face of our mother, that's right, mother earth
       G                               F
Is the cost of every living thing what your product is worth?

Verse 10:
      Em                           C
Well, we are all afflicted with an underground addiction
         G                             F
will our desire for convenience be the cause of our extinction?
        Em                        C
And the industry's the master and we are all the slaves
          G                                F
And we're DRIVING, DRIVING, DRIVING to our GRAVES, GRAVES, GRAVES

Verse 11:
        Em                                    C
We must teach our kids to love themselves and let them live their lives
     G                                 F
What will they be if they grow up? Whatever they like.
      Em                            C
It is crucial to raise children who don't do what they're told
         G                              F
Who will fight for what's right and who can't be bought or sold

Verse 12:
       Em                            C
I want nothing of this business I am staying underground
        G                           F
And I'm gonna ride the railroad and let my guard down
       Em                                  C
We can forage, and ride bikes, and jump in lakes, and go on hikes
       G                                 F
We can sing and sing for hours and click LIKE, LIKE, LIKE

Verse 13:
         Em                           C
When somebody posts something good we share and spread the truth
     G                      F
It's time to define what success means to you
  Em                        C
I hope my kid will never be another cog in their machine
G                              F
Trapped inside a box trying to remember her dreams

Verse 14:
          Em                        C
They will sell us all out for their GREED, GREED, GREED
      G                        F
As we cry for the earth as she BLEEDS, BLEEDS, BLEEDS

Verse 15:
   Em                                C
So hold on to your loved ones, yeah, hold on for dear life
G                                F
Try to walk like thunder leaving footprints that are light
Em                          C
Hold on to your loved ones, hold on for dear life
G                                F
Try to walk like thunder leaving footprints that are light

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

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