Powerless

Tom: D
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Paint my face in your magazines
Make it look whiter than it seems 
Paint me over with your dreams 
Shove away my ethnicity 
Burn every notion that I may have a flame inside to fight 
And say just what is on my mind 
Without offending your might 
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Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you 
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But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do 
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So say what you want

Say what you want

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I saw her face outside today 
Weatherworn, looking all the rage 
They took her passion and her gaze and made a poster 
Now it’s moccasins we sport 
We take the culture and contort 
Perhaps only to distort what we are hiding 
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Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you 
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But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do 
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So say what you want    Say what you want

Say  say say 
 
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Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in, get in 
Hey you, the one that don’t fit in, how ya, how ya gonna get in 
Hey you, the one outside, are you ever gonna get in with your 
Broken teeth, broken jaw, broken mojo 
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Yeah, this life is too short to live it just for you
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But when you feel so powerless, what are you gonna do 
          D            G              Bm       D        
Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you 
              D            G                 Bm    D
But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do 
          D            G              Bm       D        
Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you 
              D            G               Bm    D
But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do 
          D            G              Bm       D        
Cuz this life is too short to live it just for you 
              D            G                 Bm    D
But when you feel so powerless what are you gonna do 
                 D                  G
So say what you want  Say what you want
                 Bm                D
So say what you want  Say what you want
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So say what you want  Say what you want
                Bm            D
So say what you want  Say say say  
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life is too short - just for you
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feel powerless -  gonna do