Intro
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Verse 1:
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Every day I walk out in this torn up world and I fight to survive,
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I'm laughing when I make it to the Saturday and I'm alive;
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carrying your smile with me,
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carrying your smile with me.
Verse 2:
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Everywhere I look I see this world slippin' down that low road, day by day,
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I just go on working for the things I need and making my own way;
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carrying your smile with me, oh yea,
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carrying your smile with me.
Pre-Chorus
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Take a walk on the troubled side of this old town,
C G
take a walk on the broken streets and the buildings falling down.
C D G
Look at all these kids with nothing but trouble in their eyes,
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trouble in their future, trouble in their lives.
G* G*
Some bridges are falling down,
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some bridges are still around.
Interlude
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Bridge:
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Take a walk on the shaded uptown avenue,
C G
some people are doing well no matter how they do.
C D G
And I know there's more to life than what you own
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but I see so many good things, things I've never known.
G* G*
Some bridges are falling down,
G* Em* D*
some bridges are still around.
Verse 3:
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Every night I listen to the sound of the street, lying in my bed,
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I love to see the dreams that are dancing there in the light above your head.
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And sometimes I get so weary and when hope is caving in,
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you fill me with your love and your laughter, baby, until I get back up again.