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Permission To Cry

from LIFE IN STEREO by House of Brunettes

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Believe it or not, a song of compassion. Note that the year referenced in the song "2005" was very very fresh and therefore funny an unexpected back when the song was written. Now it just sounds weird, granted.

lyrics

PERMISSION TO CRY

B riff
She never asked no one’s permission to cry
E A-A-A-A G-G
She’s crying anyway
Briff
With every second ticking off the clock
E A-A-A-A G-G
She feels a year go by
B riff
She wonders if she’ll ever know that horrible pain
E A-A-A-A G-G
Or will it last her life

A
She’s living the lie
G
Burning down denying everything that she feels
E
Trying to believe in the marketing mission
G
Knowing it’s just dirt in her eyes

A
She wants to be loved
G
And love in return til her back is near broken
E
But she’s gotta get the powerpoint by 1:35
G
It’s everything this doing or dying

Riffage:
B-B-B-BG-G-(2x)

A-A-A-A-F#-F#-

G-G-G-G-G-G-G

A-A-A-A-A-A-A

B riffage for two measures

B again
She had a beau back in 2005
E A-A-A-A G-G
He got promoted out
B
She saw him at a conference just this spring
E
He waved, she waved right back

A
They’re living that lie
G
That lie we all believe in when the rent’s coming due
E
And there’s still so many pretties on our list we must buy
G
You know that you can spend your whole life…

A
She wants to be loved
G
And mommy always bought her all the things that she screamed for
E
To stop her when we started, make the pain go away, Anything
G
but watch her poor baby cry

D
But mama can’t be your man
F#
And you can’t be your mama
G
Not unless you give up on the trinkets and toffee
A
Not unless you let go the lie - f

C#m
For something that Microsoft
F#
Aint’ got no solution for
B
Though I’m sure that they’re working on it now
E

A-A-A-A G-G

A
She aint got the time
G
And neither does anyone
E
To read a book or think about the world past her head
G
That’s why she’s got to finish those slides…
B-B-B-BG-G-(2x)
A-A-A-A-F#-F#-
G-G-G-G-G-G-G
A-A-A-A-A-A-A
B riffage out…

credits

from LIFE IN STEREO, released December 2, 2013
Steve Lindstrom: Gtr, Vox
Mike Ritt: Bass, BVox,
Tim Fowler: Lead Gtr
Rick Reger: Keyboards
Terry Keating: Drums

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