Standard (EADGBE)

 [Intro - pause]

When I was young my father would say

Time bends its back for no one my son

 And bright skies they only fool a man who are blind

 So look through the smile and see what's behind

Now that you left, all my dreams - drifted away

 I try to move past but life's not the same

Pre-chorus

 If I only knew then

 the things I know now

 I'd take it all back

 and turn it around

Chorus

 Cause I have so much to say and more to give today

 this is no life to live (you gotta give)

 Cause I have so much to say and more to give today

 this is no life to live (you gotta give)

Must be a better way - a better way

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[v2]

Now I sit here in a cage all my own

It's a new life, it's a brand new home

It's made out of steel, it's built out of fear

It's closed up to you and it's part of the deal

Pre-chorus

Chorus

 [Lead: 4x]

Bridge

 Turn back the clock

 and put it all back

 I'll make the time last.

Chorus 2x