F     E         Am

           F           E
I am oh so fascinated,
           Am
I am oh so entertained,
              F                E
standing here like a comedian,
       Am       
I repeat what I said, again and again and again
          F                     E
until the meaning has become an imitation of itself,
    Am
an impression of an original defeats the fucking purpose.
  F                        E
I don't know where this is going,
                 Am
but it's looking more and more like the same place where we started.


G            Am          F
Oh good God, holy shit, joke's on us, not on them.
G               Am                 F
Just pretending to be astronauts, police officers, and firemen.


G            Am          F
Oh good God, holy shit, joke's on us, not on them.
G               Am                 F
Just pretending to be astronauts, police officers, and firemen.


    F                         E                         Am
And everybody's watching the lead singer in the band.
     F                     E
The guitars explode into a drumbeat that's driving.
Am                             (some harmonic)
It's pretty fucking boring, isn't it?
F                              E 
And of all the things we'd ask,
Am
of all the ways we'd like for it to be,
F                                 E
they're just drunken conversations,
Am
song lyrics sung at the top of our lungs so desperately.
G                            Am
I believe in a power that is of and by the people.
G                        Am
I believe in an art that cannot be compromised.
G                             Am
I believe that I will endure, and I will overcome.
G                              Am
And I will sing it until I no longer remember the reason.


G            Am          F
Oh good God, holy shit, joke's on us, not on them.
G               Am                 F
Just pretending to be astronauts, police officers, and firemen.


G            Am          F
Oh good God, holy shit, joke's on us, not on them.
G               Am                 F
Just pretending to be astronauts, police officers, and firemen.