Lou Reed - Small town
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Album: Songs for Drella (1990)
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When you're Dgrowing up D/F#in a G6small town
When you're A6growing up in a Dsmall town
When you're Dgrowing up D/F#in a G6small town
You say A6no one famous ever came from Dhere
When you're Dgrowing up D/F#in a G6small town
and you're hA6aving a nervous Dbreakdown
and you Dthink that you'll never D/F#es- G6cape it
YourA6self or the place that you Dlive
DWhere did Picasso come G6from
There's no A6Michelangelo coming from DPittsburgh
If art is the tip D/F#of the G6iceberg
A6I'm the part sinking below
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When you're growing up in a small town
Bad skin, bad eyes - gay and fatty
People look at you funny
When you're in a small town
My father worked in construction
It's not something for which I'm suited
Oh - what is something for which you are suited?
Getting out of here
I hate being odd in a small town
If they stare let them stare in New York City
as this pink eyed painting albino
How far can my fantasy go?
I'm no Dali coming from Pittsburgh
No adorable lisping Capote
My hero - Oh do you think I could meet him?
I'd camp out at his front door
There is only one good thing about small town
There is only one good use for a small town
There is only one good thing about small town
You know that you want to get out
When you're growing up in a small town
You know you'll grow down in a small town
There is only one good use for a small town
You hate it and you'll know you have to leave