Written by Shovels & Rope
G C G C G I?ve got to find a better coping mechanism C G I?m falling apart, disintegrating in the schism D C Is it a show or is it realism G C G Lost and found and then I was locked up in a prison C G I better find a more suitable solution C G Before I reach the most predictable conclusion D C To be the victim of my personal delusion G C G Just to find that I?ve been living an illusion G C They say there?s just no substitute for the real thing G C G The kind of chemical that can make your whole body sing D D7 You can take the needle and shove it in your vein G C G And call it medication to alleviate you pain C G I do my best to keep the confusion to a minimum C G I?ll try not to be the monster of the millennium D C Someday they?ll thank us for the hell that we was givin? em G C G When all of this time we just hope we were borderline offendin? em G C They say there?s just no substitute for the real thing G C G The kind of chemical that can make your whole body sing D D7 Scrub it till you?re bleedin? but you can?t scrub out the stain G C G Em Leave your mouth wide open while you?re drowning in the rain G Em Put your head down, wipe the spit out your eye G Em Ain?t nobody coming to your poor me parade G When trouble comes to your door, what you ignoring it for A D You?ll be standing there helpless when it comes on in D C They say there?s just no substitute for the real thing G C G The kind of chemical that?ll make your whole body sing D D7 You can test your merit, you can show it some restraint G C G But in the end you?re just a predictable refrain C Oh, ain?t nothing like the real thing G C G The kind of chemical that?ll make your whole body sing D D7 You can test your merit, you can show it some restraint G C G But in the end you?re just a predictable refrain C G While you?re poison in your brain (Cause you?re heart has been mislain) C G But you?re gonna die just the same (For a dream you could not attain) C G Cause you drove yourself insane (And there?s nobody left to blame) C G So you just carry on an complain C G Till you forget your name