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---------------------------- B7 ---- You ask, what would I want with sunshine Em ------------- B7 ------ Em And what would I do with gold, ---- Am ------------------- Em --------- Well how can you say you're living when, ------ B7 --------- Em - You're only growing old. |
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G---- Small town, suburban - life can be such a bore, Em -------------- Am ------ Dm ----------------- G ---- Say keep on, keep learning, Pull for the distant shore, Em ----------------------- B7 ----------- Strive for the gold that's sitting there, Em ---------- B7 ------- Em - Reach for the fast track fun, Am ------------------------ Em ------- Fight for the right to be a contender, B7 ------------------- Em - Reserve a place in the sun, Am ------------------------ Em ------- Fight for the right to be a contender, B7 ------------------- Em - Reserve a place in the sun. |
2 | Em --------------------- Am --------- Dm
------------ G Leaving your home & your family,For a distant college town, Em ------------- Am ----- Dm ------------------ G ---- Taking a step to freedom, But alone and feeling down, Em --------------------- B7 ----------- Think of the rays in the distance, Em --------- B7 ------- Em - Think of the rewards to come, Am ------------------------ Em ------- Fight for the right to be a contender, B7 ------------------- Em - Reserve a place in the sun, Am ------------------------ Em ------- Fight for the right to be a contender, B7 ------------------- Em - Reserve a place in the sun. |
| 3 | Rise early & travel with those rats
you race, your nerves are strained & raw, The days are linked and endless and each like the one before, Take on the demons face to face and Just when they think you're done, Fight for the right to be a contender, Reserve a place in the sun, Fight for the right to be a contender, Reserve a place in the sun. |
4 | But what do you do in darkness, How do you
ease the pain, Disdaining, Heartless, Tearing apart, again, Take it from me that no life is free, Of that churning, burning, plight, We all feel the pressures closing, We all awake in the night. We all feel the pressures closing, We all awake in the night. |
| 5 | I saw calm, cool, satisfaction, I saw slow, serene,
sunlight, Saw childlike interaction, Then stars, then moon, then night, I saw a scene, where the families had been, Saw who had the right to stay, But you have to feel the yearning, You have to cease the day But you have to feel the yearning, You have to cease the day |
6 | When all of the gains are a sacrifice, And life's an eternal chore, Give me the key to where you are leading me, I long for the life you saw. That's what to want from sunshine, That's what to do with gold, That's when to say you're living, Not just growing old. That's when to say you're living, Not just growing old. |
| 7 | You reach out and take and see the world on the way Or how do you feel when the twilight comes and life has become a chore You say slaving today's the only way be content don't ask for more... --------------------------------------------------------- Run Fun Done Sun Come / now nothing tastes the same, More success more pressure - the more you're under the gun Keep on keep dreaming, reaching out for more I yearn for the key to where you're leading me I long for the life I saw... / I long for a life with more ... How do you feel when the sun sets Before more shore saw bore raw You got to contend while your young and free But keep on, keep working, always striving for more / always push for more Tasting the fruits of your labors / It's a wonder to behold That thinking and living its petrifying to end with a pot of gold... Leaving to heal the pain / To feel the again |
8 | And what would you do with that Moonshine You could watch a life unfold How can you say your living when You are only growing old Girls on your mind and your conscience Just the other side of the line Can't believe there's only one I can stand up and claim as mine But when even your beating heart is pain And your feelings are bruised and raw That's when you find the peace of mind Which brings the rewards you saw |