Dispatch - Painted yellow lines

^AmAw ^{Em G}it's dark ^Amoutside^{D G Am Em}i've ^Gbeen ^Emtrying to get a ^Amride^{G C D}While my ^Ambody ^Gwaits^Am, my body ^Dwaits ^C A^Bmmeri^Amca ^G warm my ^Amface^{C Bm}i've been ^Amtrying^G to turn the ^Cpage^Am

Once ^GI was a little boy^Bm, ^Am staring at my ^Gshoes^Am You came a^Glong and ^Cfound me in the^Am chicken ^Dcoop But ^Ctime takes over, ^AmI can't say when ^CTime takes over, ^Dmay we do it again

Take me to ^Gthe beachhead let's go ^Amover All of those rocks at the end of the ^Droad And take me ^Gdown to main street with no ^Amclothes on with our bare ^Emfeet on the ^CPainted yellow ^Glines with our ^Amshadows far be^Emhind us Broke in^Cto that summer ^Gschool and fooled ^Amaround on the infirmary ^Dcot And we can ^Cbe like all those ^Gfairies making their ^Amrain angels in the ^Emeddies And I ^Chave no expect^Gation just an ^Amadol^Emescent heart

^AmAw ^Cit's dark ^Amoutside^{D Am}i've ^Embeen trying to get a ^Amride^{Em C D}While my ^Ambody ^Gwaits^Am, my body ^Gwaits ^Am A^Bmmeri^Amca ^G warm my ^Cfac^Ge ^{C Bm}i've been ^Amtrying^Em to turn the ^Cpage^Am

Once I was a ^Glittle bo^Amy, ^{C Em}staring at my ^Gshoes^Am You came a^Glong and ^Cfound me in the^Am chicken ^Dcoop But ^Ctime takes over, ^AmI can't say when ^CTime takes over, ^Dmay we do it again

Take me to the ^Gbeachhead let's go ^Amover All of those rocks at the end of the ^Droad Help me down the ^Gseawall ^Dlet's find ^AmMarci See if she ^Emgot that invi^Ctation to the ^Gmovie, the one where the ^Amkids break out of ^Emjuvie And then ^Cby their own adm^Gission they go and ^Amturn themselves all ^Din Just as they ^Cget there to the ^Gstation, The young ^Amone wheels and begs the ^Empavement For brother ^Cspeed to make ^Garrangements with the ^Amspirits of the n^Dight

Take me to the ^Grace track let's go ^Ambet on Aw the ^Cone that no one ^Dexpects to win and Let's ^Gbet on the skinny horse ^Amhe will surely ^Dtry the ^Emhardest to come in ^Cfirst I bet you for the ^Gwinner they put ^Amon some kind of fancy ^Emdinner Let's be like those ^CPhiladelphia ^Gsisters That have ^Amprayed straight for a hundred ^Dyears I ^Chave no expec^Gtation, just to ^Ambe here in the ^Empresent And be^Chold you for a ^Gsecond be^Amfore it all goes ^Daway

Ha^Ema ah ahh ah ahh ah ahh ah ah ^CAhh ah ahh ah ahh ah ahh ah ah ^EmAhh ah ahh ah ahh ah ahh Be^Amfore that all goes ^Daway Haa ah ^Emahh ah ahh ah ahh ah ah ^CAhh ah ahh ah ahh ah ahh ah ah ^EmAhh ah ahh ah ahh ah ahh ah ah ^AmAhhh ^Dahhh and those ^Empainted yellow lines with our ^Cshadows far behind Broke in^Emto that summer school and fooled ^Amaround on the infirmary ^Dcot We can ^Embe like all those fairies making their ^Crain angels in the eddies And I ^Emhave no expectation just an ^Amadolescent ^Dheart