♫ Intro : F# Fm B Reff : F# Fm now, pretty baby, i'm runnin' back B home to you F# fresh out the slammer, Fm B i know who my first call will be to fresh out the slammer, oh F# another summer, takin' cover Fm B rollin' thunder, he don't understand me F# splintered back in winter, Fm silent dinners, bitter B he was with her in dreams
F# gray and blue and fights and tunnels Fm handcuffed to the spell i was under B for just one hour of sunshine F# years of labor, locks and ceilings Fm in the shade of how he was feelin' B but it's gonna be alright, i did my time Reff : F# Fm now, pretty baby, i'm runnin' back B home to you F# fresh out the slammer, Fm B i know who my first call will be to fresh out the slammer, oh F# camera flashes, welcome bashes Fm B get the matches, toss the ashes off the ledge F# Fm as i said in my letters, now that i know better B i will never lose my baby again F# my friends tried but i wouldn't hear it Fm watched me daily disappearing B for just one glimpse of his smile F# all those nights you kept me going Fm swirled you into all of my poems B now we're at the starting line, i did my time F# now, pretty baby, i'm runnin' B to the house where you still wait up F# and that porch light gleams Fm to the one who says i'm the girl B of his american dreams F# and no matter what i've done, it wouldn't matter anyway B ain't no way i'm gonna screw up, F# now that i know what's at stake here Fm at the park where we used to sit B on children's swings F# B wearing imaginary rings F# Fm B but it's gonna be alright, i did my time ♫ Outro : F# B F# Fm B
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