Dispatch - Painted yellow lines

^AmAw ^Em it's ^Gdark ^Amoutside^{D G Am}I've ^Embeen trying to get a ^Amride^{G C D D}While my ^Ambo - ^Gdy ^Amwaits My ^Gbody ^Dwaits

^CAmeri^Amca ^GWarm my ^Cface I've been ^Amtrying ^Gto turn the ^Cpage

^AmOnce I was a ^Glittle ^Emboy ^AmStaring at my ^Dshoes^{G Am}You came ^Emalong and found ^CMe in the ^Amchicken ^Ccoop^D

But ^Ctime takes over ^AmI can't say when Time takes ^Cover ^DMay we do it again

Take me to the^G beachhead let's go ^Amover ^AmAll of those rocks At the end of the ^Droad Take me down to ^Gmain Street with no ^Amclothes on With our ^Embare feet on the ^CPainted yellow ^Glines with Our shadows ^Amfar behind ^Emus Broke into that ^Csummer scho^Gol And fooled around ^Amon the infirmary ^Dcot And we can be ^Clike all those ^Gfairies Making their ^Amrain angels in the ed^Emdies And I have no ^Cexpec^Gtation Just an ^Amadolescent hear^Ct ^{Em Am C Em}

^DAw it's ^Emdark out^Amside ^{D Am} I've been ^Emtrying to get a ^Amride ^C While my ^Ambody waits My body ^Gwaits^D

^CAmeri^Amca ^Em Warm ^Cmy face I've ^Ambeen tryi^Emng to turn ^Cthe page

^AmOnce I was a ^Glittle ^Emboy ^{Am C}Staring at ^Dmy shoes ^Am You came ^Galong and found ^CMe ^Amin the chicken coop

But ^Ctime takes over ^AmI can't say when Time ^Ctakes over ^DMay we do it again

Take me to the ^Gbeachhead let's go ^Amover ^AmAll of those rocks At the end of the ^Droad ^DHelp me down the ^GSeawall let's find ^AmMarci See if she got ^Emthat

Invita^Ction to the ^Gmovie ^GThe one where the Kids ^Ambreak out of ju^Emvie And then by ^Ctheir own admis^Gsion They go and turn ^Amthemselves all ^Din Just as they get ^Cthere to the ^Gstation The young ^Amone wheels And begs the ^Empavement For brother ^Cspeed to make arrange^Gments With the spir^Aits of the nigh^Dt

Take me to the ^Grace Track let's go ^Ambet on Aw the one ^Cthat no ^COne expects to win ^Dnow Let's bet on the ^Gskinny horse He will ^Amsurely try the Hard^Emest to come in first I ^Cbet you for the ^Gwinner They put on ^Amsome kind of fancy ^Emdinner Let's be like those ^CPhiladelphia ^Gsisters That have prayed ^Amstraight For a hundred ^Dyears

I have ^Cno expec^Gtation Just to be ^Amhere in the ^Empresent And be^Chold you for a se^Gcond Be^Amfore it all goes a^Dway

Ah, Ah, ^EmAh, ah, ah, ah, Ah, Ah, ^CAh, ah, ah, ah, Ah, Ah, ^EmAh, ah, ah, ah, Before it^Am all goes a^Dway Ah, Ah, ^EmAh, ah, ah, ah, Ah, Ah, ^CAh, ah, ah, ah, Ah, Ah, ^EmAh, ah, ah, ah^Am-----^D-

And those ^Empainted yellow lines With our sha^Cdows far behind Broke into ^Emthat summer school And fooled a^Amround on the infirmary ^Dcot And we can be ^Emlike all those fairies Making their rain ^Cangels in the eddies And I have ^Emno expectation Just an ^Amadolescent ^Dheart