Freer

G# You lit me up like a firework C# Stuck myself inside of a can G# C# Like a man, thought I was a martyr Fm We were standing lakeside C# Bathed in the red of CVS lights D# C# Sure that someone’s got a photo of us on that night G# Under fireworks C# Stuck myself inside of a can G# C# What a man, thought I was a martyr Fm We were learning lip slides C# Late into those August nights D# Sweat and Jackie’s on our brow A sweetness not yet soured A#m C# By the orange glow A#m C# The things it had to know A#m G# The rent that we now owe C# And an insatiable need to be C# Whеrever, whenеver G# C# G# C# Fm C# D# C# G# You had me up on the wirework C# Stuffed myself up with “I can’s” G# C# And the grandstand all chanted “higher” Fm Yeah it all went slipping’ from my grasp C# Our matching caskets smashed D# C# ‘Star 51’ unfastened from the ragged flag G# Under fireworks C# I stuck myself inside of a can G# C# Like a man, I thought I was a martyr Fm Red-letter days at stateside homes C# I’ll say it even if you won’t D# When we’re out having drinks C# G# We’re playing hide-and-go-seek with ourselves C# G# Just trying to be C# G# Whatever it means C# D# C# To be freer A#m C# Under an orange glow A#m C# Sweet autumn only knows Chicago A#m Like rents un-payable G# And your fist through the wall C# And the insatiable need to be C# A#m C# Under the heavy glow A#m C# Of things it had to know A#m G# The rent that we now owe C# And an insatiable need to be C# Wherever, whenever C# An insatiable need to be