Intro: |C |C |F |F | x2 Verse 1: C On occasion, we all do battle with motivational paralysis F Unable to perform some simple task F Trapped at the stage of analysis C
Thoughts of the shortness of life may beget C Bouts of shortness of breath in your chest F Doubts about the worth of the nights you got left F Crowding out all but fear and regret Chorus: G C You got storyline fever, storyline flu F It's filtering how everything looks to you G C Don't you reckon it's affecting your attitude? F Storyline fever got its hooks in you F Storyline fever got its hooks in you Instrumental: |C |C |F |F | x2 Verse 2: C You took your love to the marketplace C In the wanting corner of a Western state F Where every other shopper is a basket case F Just relies on the horizon, forms a frowning face C Hanging around those haunts at night C Where half the clientele was part poltergeist F Grinding an axe against all that exists F Minus their protected exceptions to it Chorus: G C You got storyline fever, storyline flu F Apparently impairing your point of view G C It's making horseshit sound true to you F Now it's impacting how you're acting too F Now it's impacting how you're acting too Instrumental: |C |C |F |F | x2 Verse 3: C Got a comb over cut circa Abscam sting C Make a better Larry than Lizard King F But you got to find a way to make it work F 'Cause your feet is where your demons lurk C When you're seller and commodity C You gotta sell yourself immodestly F Turn your pedestal into a carving board F If that's what the audience is starving for Chorus: G C You got storyline fever, storyline flu F It's filtering how everything looks to you G C Don't you reckon it's affecting your attitude? F Storyline fever got its hooks in you F Storyline fever got its hooks in you Outro: |C |C |F |F | |C |C |F |F | |C |C |F |F | |C |C |F |F | |C |C |F |F | |C |C |F |F | |C |C |F |F | |C |C |F |F |