Standard (EADGBE)

Don't Wanna work in the building downtown

No I don't Wanna work in the building downtown

I don't know what I'm gonna do

Cuz the planes keep crashing on us two by two

Don't Wanna work in the building downtown

 No I don't wanna see you when the planes hit the ground

Don't Wanna work in the building downtown

Don't Wanna work in the building downtown

Parking the cars in the underground

Their voices when they scream, well they make no sound

I wanna see the cities rust

and the trouble makers riding on the back of the bus

Dear god i'm a good christian man

In your glory, I know you understand

You gotta work hard and you gotta get paid

My girl's thirteen but she don't act her age

She can sing like a bird in a cage

Oh Lord, if you could see her when she's up on that stage!

You know that i'm a god fearing man

You know that i'm a god fearing man

well i just gotta know if it's part of your plan

to seat my daughters there by your right hand

I know that you'll do what's right Lord

 For they are the lanterns and you are the light

Now i'm overcome

By the light of day

my lips are near but my heart is far away

tell me what to say

I'll be your mouthpiece!

Into the light of the bridge that burns

As I drive from the city with the money that I earned

Into the black of a starless sky

 I'm staring into nothing and i'm asking you why:

Lord will you make her a star So the world can see who you really are

Little girl, you're old enough to understand

You'll always be a stranger in a strange strange land

Men are gonna come while you're fast asleep

So you better just stay close and hold on to me

If my little mockingbird don't sing

Well then daddy won't buy no diamond ring

Dear god would you send me a child

oh god would you send me a child

Cuz i wanna put it up on the tv screen

so the world can see what your true word means

ill know it when you send me a sign

cuz i just gotta know if i'm wastin' my time!

Now i'm overcome

By the light of day

my lips are near but my heart is far away

Now the war is won

How come nothing tastes good?

oh you're such a sensitive child

you know you're such a sensitive child

I know you're tired, but it's alright

just need you to sing for me tonight

you can have your day in the sun

you know god loves the sensitive ones

oh my little bird in a cage

oh my little bird in a cage

I need you to get up for me, up on that stage

Show the men that you're too old for your age

Now ain't the time for fear

But if you don't take it, it'll disappear!

Oh my little mockingbird sing

Oh my little mockingbird sing

I need you to get up for me on the stage for me honey

Show the men it's not about the money

Wanna hold a mirror up to the world

so that they can see themselves inside my little girl

Do you know where i was at your age?

Any idea where i was at your age

I was was working downtown for the minimum wage

and I'm not gonna let you just throw it all away

I'm through being cute, I'm through being nice

Tell me lord am I the anti-christ?!