[Intro] Bm  F#m  C# 
        F#  C#  F#m

       Bm        
I have earth in my voice, dear
    F#m                    C#                    F#m
the world is my oyster and I am its pearly white smile
       Bm                      F#m
I have fortune and freedom and men when I need them
   C         Bm           C#
My life has charmed for a while
   Bm                     F#m
But when I was young and obedient and dumb
      Bm        C#       F#m
I was led to do terrible things
       Bm                          F#m
By the state and the church and my mother who urged me
   Bm                      C#              Ab  C#
To give up my dreams for a ring

( G )        F#m                                         Bm
Tiny little girl, yearning for the world, settled for a wedding
            C#                                 F#m
Tiny little groom, marching to his doom, never understanding
            Bm                 C#               F#m
Tiny little wife, tiny little life, tiny little ending
      Bm
I was building a prison
  C#                       B       
I could have been living a life

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( G )          F#m                                           Bm          
Lonely little man, playing with your hand, wishing you were bolder
             C#                                        F#m
Secrets in a jar, fear of who you are weighing on your shoulder
           Bm                   C#                    F#m
Holding it inside, holding very tight, slowly growing older
       Bm                     C#                       F#m
You're building a prison, you could have been living a life

    Bm                   F#m                 C#                         F#m
The world is so wide and before we have died we will only have one tiny taste
       Bm                      F#m               (G)  Bm           Am             C#
If you run off and hide like a whimpering child, just think of the life you could waste

( D   C#/B   F#m )
( Bm   C#   F#m )

      Bm
Break out of your prison
     F#m
It's time to start living
       C#                  F#
You've only been given one life
G       Bm       C#        F#m
You've only been given one life
Bm               C#    B   Bm
You've only been given one life

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