Dar Williams - Are you out there

No one knows the truth, there is no ^Amfuture here And ^Cyou're the DJ speaks to my insomnia And laughs at all I ^Amhave to fear

You ^Dmalways play the ^Gmadmen poets ^DmVinyl vision, ^Ggrungy bands You ^Dmnever know who's ^Gstill awake You ^Dmnever know who ^Gunderstands and

^AmAre you out there, can you hear this? ^FJimmy Olson, ^GJohnny Memphis ^AmI was out here, listening all the ^Fti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-^Gime And ^Amthough the static walls surround me ^FYou were out there ^Gand you found me ^AmI was out here, listening all the ^Fti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-^Gime

Last ^Cnight we drank in parking lots And why do we drink? I guess we ^Amdo it, 'cause And ^Cwhen I turned your station on You sounded more familiar than that ^Amparty was

It's the ^Dmfirst time I stayed ^Gup all night It's ^Dmgetting light, I ^Ghear the birds I'm ^Dmdriving home on ^Gempty streets I ^Dmthink I put my ^Gshirt on backwards

^AmAre you out there, can you hear this? ^FJimmy Olson, ^GJohnny Memphis ^AmI was out here, listening all the ^Fti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-^Gime And ^Amthough the static walls surround me ^FYou were out there ^Gand you found me ^AmI was out here, listening all the ^Fti-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-e-^Gime

And ^Amwhat's the future, who will choose it? ^FPolitics of ^Glove and music ^AmUnderdogs who turn the tables ^FIndie versus ^Gmajor labels ^AmThere's so much to see through Like our ^Fparents do more ^Gdrugs than we do ^AmOh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh ^FOh, oh, oh ^G

^CCorporate parents, corporate town I know every TV set that ^Amhas them lit They ^Cpreach that I should save the world They pray that I won't do a better ^Amjob of it

So, to^Dmnight I turned your ^Gstation on ^DmJust so I'd be ^Gunderstood In^Dmstead another ^Gvoice said I was ^DmJust too late and ^Gjust no good_____

^BmCalling Olson, Calling Memphis ^GI am calling, ^Acan you hear this? ^BmI was out here, listening all the ^Gti-e-^Aime And ^BmI will write this down and then I ^Gwill not be a^Alone again, yeah ^BmI was out here, listening Oh yeah, ^GI was out here, ^Alistening Oh yeah, ^BmI am out here, listening all the ^Gti-yi-yi-^Eyi-yi-^Ayi-yi-e-^Dime