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Am G F
Sixteen years - without even a place to call my own,
Am G F
But I'll dry my tears looking for a place to rest my bones.
F A G
All these years - but never changed the one that I have known.
F A G
And despite my fears - I'm sure that I can make it on my own.
F
Party drugs and limousines
G
Oh, mama, this is killing me.
F G
I'm half the man I used to be.
F
Tequila, lust and gambling
G
Oh, mama, I need rescuing.
F G
What sixteen years has done to me.
F G
Am G F
Sixteen years - burning every bridge that I have known.
Am G F
Without you here, the world has gotten colder on my own.
F
Party drugs and limousines
G
Oh, mama, this is killing me.
F G
I'm half the man I used to be.
F
Tequila, lust and gambling
G
Oh, mama, I need rescuing.
F G
What sixteen years has done to me.
F G
C
There's nothing like it - I'm going away.
C
There's nothing like the feeling -
A
Of being alone on a New York street,
A
Gives everything some meaning.
F
There's nothing like being torn apart -
G
From a love you've known right from the start.
Em F
There's nothing like this feeling.
F
Party drugs and limousines
G
Oh, mama, this is killing me.
F G
I'm half the man I used to be.
F
Tequila, lust and gambling
G
Oh, mama, I need rescuing.
F G
What sixteen years has done to me.
F G
F G
It's what sixteen years has done to me.
F G
It's what sixteen years has done to me.
Written by Daniel Duque-Perez/Elizabeth Fraser/Robin Guthrie/Simon Raymonde/Christopher Whitehall