Written by Alfred Moore Thomas Iii
Intro: D# C A# D# C A# How you wanna live? D C A# Can you conceive of a living wage? G# C A# G# C A# Or does it all just sound like something somebody else would say? D# C A# Even when they talk so calmly D# C A# They say Theres only a couple of questions weve got to ask. G# C A# You know the pavement is always hungry G# For those drops of your blood C A# For that knee in your back, oh A# G# Life is so incredibly long A# Like a kiss on a bridge between two nervous-ass kids C G# Terrified of doing everything wrong A# C G# Fickle, belligerent, fully existent D# C A# D# C A# And I dont wanna talk to all the people in their pickup trucks G# C A# Moving all their mouths G# C A# To make it hurt so much D# C A# D# C A# You wont get my blood in some apologetic stop-gap gush G# C A# G# C A# Youll feel it all at once in a red, raw rush A# Overworked doctor is smoking in the doorway of the clinic C G# While protesters picket different perspectives of the same prison A# The peace signs in pictures chucked up by the diminished C G# Mean Nobodys safe from the law? D# C A# Cause they dont give a fuck D# C A# D# They dont give a fuck about us