intro: A E G D A G A x2
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The kids today they got
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nothing to say they got 
G
nothing to say because they
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taught em that way they wanna
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watch em grow old put em in
G                       A
their grave til they're gone


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They mess with their hearts and they
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mess with their minds and they
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plug up their ears and then they 
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make em go blind til they
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walk down the street and they
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cant tell what time it is

Chorus:
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you see em standing in line
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you watch em goin insane
                              D
because they're wasting their time
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how they're waiting in vein
             C             G
this is the way it should be
          A          E 
you were born to be free
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so why you wasting away
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why you wasting away

A E G D A G A x2

(Chorus)

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teachers today they got
E 
nothin to say they got
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nothin to say because they
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taught em that way they only
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do what they're told so they can
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get their pay and go home

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they walk down the street with their
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hearts in their hands and they
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grow up to fast and then they
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can't understand what its
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like to be a woman or
G                     A 
mabey a man cause its wrong
 
                      D
you watch em standin in line
                  A
you see em goin insane
                              D
because they're wasting their time
                         A
while they're waiting in vein
             C             G
this is the way it should be
            A        E
you were born to be free
            D       A 
so why you wasting away
G               A                
why you wasting away
A
you were born to be free 
G               A
why you wasting away