Fm                        C#
Hey, I heard it from the state
                     Bbm                       Eb
They told me you were never gonna let me get away
                   Fm                              C#
And if you took me fishing you would never give me bait
              Bbm                 Eb
I had to get away, I had to get away, ay, ay
Fm                     C#
Hey, you try to compensate
                       Bbm                       Eb
For thinking with your one brain I should decapitate
                       Fm                             C#
You showed me all your letters that I should've confiscated
                     Bbm                         Eb
Both of my eyes were weighted and I had to get away


[Verse 1]
Fm                                 C#
Talking to ears that have been deaf
                  Bbm
For as long as I can remember
Fm                C#            Bbm
A self-medicated handicap, so I speak to myself
Fm              C#                       Bbm
And I try so hard to get his stupid deaf ears to hear
                                         Fm
That I've become illiterate, I've become dumb
    C#          Bbm
(Ya hear me? Ya hear me? Ya hear me?)


[Pre-Chorus]
       Fm                       C#
When I come through, you were dark blue
        Bbm                Eb
And I saved you from your darker days
Fm                C#
Born to take care of you
       Bbm                             Eb
Or I thought so, maybe it was just a phase


[Chorus]
Fm                        C#
Hey, I heard it from the state
                     Bbm                       Eb
They told me you were never gonna let me get away
                   Fm                              C#
And if you took me fishing you would never give me bait
              Bbm                 Eb
I had to get away, I had to get away, ay, ay
Fm                     C#
Hey, you try to compensate
                       Bbm                       Eb
For thinking with your one brain I should decapitate
                       Fm                             C#
You showed me all your letters that I should've confiscated
                     Bbm                         Eb
Both of my eyes were weighted and I had to get away


[Verse 2]
Fm                          C#
Shot down by a guy I never wanted to kiss
                   Bbm
Not gonna hear the singing of his ringing triumphing
Fm                          C#
And I'm chugging along in a train
                                  Bbm
And I'm heading the wrong way, and I'm a train wreck
Fm                                 C#
And my heart goes "beat, beat, beat"
                     Bbm
To the music of this sad, same song
                  Fm                              C#
It's quite depressing, there is no fixing to the problem
                     Bbm
When you're talking to an idiot


[Pre-Chorus]
       Fm                       C#
When I come through, you were dark blue
        Bbm                Eb
And I saved you from your darker days
Fm                C#
Born to take care of you
       Bbm                             Eb
Or I thought so, maybe it was just a phase
Fm          C#
Baby, only maybe
        Bbm            Eb
Just a dreamer, but I soon found out
          Fm                     C#
Heard the train tracks were behind me
            Bbm 
Tried to warn me, but both of my ears went out


[Pre-Chorus]
       Fm                       C#
When I come through, you were dark blue
        Bbm                Eb
And I saved you from your darker days
Fm                C#
Born to take care of you
       Bbm                             Eb
Or I thought so, maybe it was just a phase


[Chorus]
Fm                        C#
Hey, I heard it from the state
                     Bbm                       Eb
They told me you were never gonna let me get away
                   Fm                              C#
And if you took me fishing you would never give me bait
              Bbm                 Eb
I had to get away, I had to get away, ay, ay
Fm                     C#
Hey, you try to compensate
                       Bbm                       Eb
For thinking with your one brain I should decapitate
                       Fm                             C#
You showed me all your letters that I should've confiscated
                     Bbm                         Eb
Both of my eyes were weighted and I had to get away