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Intro
verse 1
G5
It's raining in my coffee cup,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
Coming down since I got up to - day,
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Cold and grey,
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Looking in my rear view mirror, I could be anywhere,
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But here I am,
G5 Gsus2 G5 Gsus2 G5
Traffic jam!
verse 2
D D4 D
All these people without names,
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Every day we face the same rou - tine,
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Waiting for the light to turn ...green----!
verse 3
G5
The lady in the blue Sedan,
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Combs her hair and steals a glance at me,
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Who is she?
G5
Does anybody hold her tight,
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Or does she spend her days and nights at home,
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All a - lone?
verse 4
D D4 D
And over in the passing zone,
D4 D D4 D G/B Cadd9
All wrapped up in - side their own day - dreams,
C G G9 G4 G
They're waiting for the light to turn ...green,
D D4 D
Do they wonder who I am?
D4 D D4 D G/B Cadd9
Do they know I'm not some damn ma - chine?
C G5
Waiting for the light to turn ...green!
Verse 5
G5
What about the love I long for?
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
What about the child I want some - day?
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Where are they?
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What about my heart's desire?
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What about these four bald tyres I'm on?
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How long?
Verse 6
D D4 D
I've been going nowhere fast,
D4 D D4 D G/B Cadd9
Running out of time and gas - o - line,
C G G9 G4 G
Waiting for the light to turn ...green----!
D D4 D
And I'll be damned if I'll grow old...,
D4 D D4 D G/B Cadd9
...Waiting for these wheels to roll, not me,
C G G9 G4 G
Waiting for the light---- ...to turn ...green----!
Coda
G5
It's raining in my coffee cup,
G5 Cadd9 Csus2 Cadd9 Csus2
Coming down since I got up to - day!
Written by Suzy Bogguss/Gretchen Peters