New Jersey born, yeah
The flat land of Nebraska
From Decatur, Georgia
To California
Let’s dig up the map and
Let’s leave while we’re happy
I wanna see Tucson
Before it’s all gone

Chorus:
Amaze me, America
Save me from armageddon, high road to heaven

Eight hours at the airport
Wanna hightail to Gulfport
Wanna sit on the back porch
And stare at the stars

From the chemical water
Of New York’s dirty harbor
To the rock of gibraltar
At the end of the world

Chorus

Let’s dive to Atlantis
Let’s hear what they tell us
From the bottom of the ocean
I really want to know them

Chorus

You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire
You were rolling out Easy Bake Ovens and tires
Another whole day on the Bucks County plain
Clouds rolling in, it’s feeling like rain
Back in the yards and the woods by the pool
The leaves were on fire when I came home from school
Singing a song that I wrote in myself
Singing that I could be something else

You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire
I was sitting there watching on half-buried tires
Scratching on sidewalks with fingers and stone
Waiting for time, feeling alone
Taking out pins in the cushions inside
The rain falling down on the telephone wire
Falling farther and farther away

Those were the days of the model airplanes
Shooting up rockets for neighborhood fame
You on the ground, the remote in your hand
I was sinking on down, my feet in the sand
The rock and roll babysitter’s tales
Of nights with the boys running off of the rails
They’d spend the whole night on abandoned farms
Burning up in each other’s arms

You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire
You were setting those Easy Bake Ovens on fire
I was carving my name on a chalkboard with nails
Waiting for somebody else to be there
Outside, the dim suburban homes
With their lawns full of ashtrays and their buckets of phones
Ringing off mothers in houses all day

Back then we had to be cool
But nobody taught me the rules
So I just wrote it all down
On the inside of my fast food paperboard crown
Riding bikes before I learned about brakes
Around and around those cul-de-sac lanes
The teens rolling by in their giant green cars
Driving like rain, they were kissing like stars

You were throwing your shoes right up over the wire
You were building those Tinkertoy castle empires
Melting your crayons over tables of flame
I was feeling alone, I was feeling insane
Dad took a picture on August the ninth
Of us with the newspaper and the headline
‘Ford Steps Up; Nixon Resigns’

The wheels of this pickup are rusted and cracked
The lines are uneven, there is no turning back
This is me
All that I am
You will see

The noble mind, it traps four pieces of the heart inside
We came in twos, and two by twos it seemed of little use
We felt the rain, our faces blue and pale, the colors drained
The oceans grew until we floated on a deeper hue

You will become a stranger, you will seize all the land
You will breach the other, count the hours, spill the sand
This is me
All that I am
You will see

(Note: After the first chord there’s just vocals in this next verse until the music picks back up in
the last line, if you want to keep playing it’s the same chords/pattern as previous two verses)
G (fade out)
A little star of brilliant hope in skies of black we are
And Danish blue it is the color of your eyes in June
For many days I’ve woken with head pains, my eyes ablaze
(start playing softly) C Em D Em C G
You never knew because I never told you

The hours of the day wonder how they’ve been spent
The creases on the bed grow deep, I’ve made my descent
This is me
All that I am
You will see
All that I have
This is me[FMaj7/C]

Outro:

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Intro: C F G C

When we arrive you still won’t be there
You’ll sleep through the drive and storm up the stairs
The sea breeze, it frees me
But you are like a gale wind, mad and unaware

You’ll drive by and away, you’re leaving today, I wish you were ok
Last night was just another night
It never seemed quite right to hold it all at bay

We could talk all night and still you’d feel this way
You can’t hear my words, you have too much to say
I don’t want a manhunt
Just let me have the kiss, she gave it to me straight

You’ll drive by and away, you’re leaving today, I wish you were ok
Last night was just another night
It never seemed quite right to hold it all at bay

You love to walk the Appalachian Trail
You can feel your heart as smooth as a snail
The mountains, your darlings
But better to love than have something to scale

You’ll drive by and away, you’re leaving today, I wish you were ok
Last night was just another night
It never seemed quite right to hold it all at bay

(im really not quite sure on this part but here goes’)

Jealousy’s a drag, like wandering outside
October snow when the leaves all have died
Tomorrow may bring us thunder or sun
I’d do it all again, I’d do it by the ton
The memory, like candy
The sweet taste of love dissolving on my tongue

(single strum the first line or dont play/sing accapella)

You’ll drive by and away, you're leaving today, I wish you were ok
Last night was just another night
It never seemed quite right to hold it all at bay