Intro:
A# Am G C x2
F C Dm G

C                G                  D        A  
You don't know a thing about their lives
C                   G                D       A
They live where you wouldn't dare to drive
C                G                 D           A
You shake as you think of how they sleep
        C               G               D      A
But you write as if you all lie side by side

A#           Am
Reader, meet author
         G               C
With the hope of hearing sense
        A#             Am
But you may be feeling let down
       G        C
By the words of defense
         F           C              Dm     G
He says "no-one ever sees me when I cry"

C                G                  D        A
You don't know a thing about their lives
C                      G                    D      A
Books don't save them, books aren't stanley knives
         C     G              D            A
And if a fight broke out here tonight
      C                G                     D       A
You'd be the first away, because you're that type

        A#       Am             G             C
And the year two thousand won't change anyone here
        A#             Am                   G                  C
As each fabled promise flies so fast you'll swear it was never there
             F                   C            Dm       G
Oh, have you ever escaped from a shipwrecked life?

Solo:
Am D# A# F x4
C G D A    x4

   A#               Am        G                    C
So safely with your software, miles from the front line
    A#               Am                       G                 C
You hear the way the sad voice sings, and you start to imagine things
    F             C           Dm     G
Oh, any excuse to write more lies

Outro:
Am D# A# F
end on Am