Waking Up from Fire by Eric Ginsberg

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When I started looking back on all of the crap Cadd9
I took a good, long look and I don’t like where I’m at G
Thought I’d skip town by now, and I’d never look back A7sus
If I had a say in my life, I’d be making some tracks D/Dsus
I caught a Sunday matinee and let my head explode
I thought I’d put it down on paper and let everyone know
The single bills and double_dips have got me up to my nose
I’m sick of driving and of walking but I dream of the road

I wanna be more than I am
I wanna be where they give a damn
I’m tired of always waiting for something to come my way
I don’t wanna wake up today

Stop motion, frame-by-frame, I stayed when everyone came
I put my head in the sand and I prayed for some rain
And there’s nothing on the tele but a world of inane
I thought I’d show my face in public, but they’d know I was lame
I caught the 6AM when I should be in bed
“destination nowhere”, the sign said, in red
and I can’t seem to think of a damn word I said
‘cause I was laying ‘cross the seats of life, talking in my head

(chorus)

I’m gettin’ nowhere fast Csus2 G A7/A7sus
I’m collecting dust just sittin’ on my ass
Maybe I’ll leave today
Maybe I’ll leave tonight
Maybe I’ll hang a left
When the world, when the world, when the world is screaming right

(chorus)

I’m breaking out, I’m breaking in to watch a new day begin Cadd9 G
I’ll figure out just where I’ve been. I’m phoning it in
I’m freaking out ‘cause I can’t win A7/A7sus

(chorus) } x2 Csus2 G A7/A7sus

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• Acoustic
• folk pop
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• singer-songwriter
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