Tom: Dm Intro: Dm A# F C Dm A# There is an empty space in the chair tonight F C Cause he don't feel right Dm A# There are stormclouds brewing at the back of his mind F C As he steps outside Dm He will be twenty in a week A# But he's old for his years F He's had many of those C To confront his own fears Dm A# But his father's not the man he'd like to grow up to be A And his mother isn't growing old gracefully A# Dm C He says times like these I don't want to be a Superstar A# Dm C Cause reality tv killed them all in america A# Dm C Oh the sun always shines in a magazine A# Dm C A Tonight can we be free to be who we really are (Dm A# F C) Dm A# There is an empty space between the lines tonight F C And it burns so bright Dm A# And the angry silence that he throws on the floor F C Says he don't care anymore Dm He had money for the truth A# But love's a lot more F C And the answer's is not the one he was looking for Dm A# His father's not the man he'd like to grow up to be A And his mother is his mother reluctantly A# Dm C He says times like these I don't want to be a Superstar A# Dm C Cause reality tv killed them all in america A# Dm C Oh the sun always shines in a magazine A# Dm C A Tonight can we be free to be who we really are A# Dm C He says times like these I don't want to be a Superstar A# Dm C Cause reality tv killed them all in america A# Dm C Oh the sun always shines in a magazine A# Dm C Tonight can we be free to be who we really are