Used To Be
Charlene
[Intro] [Verse] Superman was killed in Dallas There’s no love left in the palace Someone took the Beatle’s lead guitar Have another Chivas Regal You"re twelve years old and sex is legal Your parents don’t know where or who you are Used to be the hero of the ball game Took the time to shake the loser’s hand Used to be that failure only meant you didn’t try In a world where people gave a damn Great big wars in little places Look at all those frightened faces But don’t come here we just don’t have the room Love thy neighbor’s wife and daughter Cleanse your life with holy water We don’t need to bathe we’ve got perfume Used to be a knight in shining armor Didn’t have to own a shiny car Dignity and courage were the measure of a man Not the drugs he needs to hide the scar wooo hoo wooo hoo woooo [Verse] Can your teacher read Does your preacher pray Does your president have soul G#m7 E7sus E7 Have you heard a real good ethnic joke today Mama took her speed Daddy ran away But you mustn’t lose control E break Let’s cut the class I’ve got some grass The kids are wild we just can’t tame ’em Do we have a right to blame ’em (back to picking) We fed them all our indecision We’ve wrecked their minds with television But what the hell they’re too young to feel pain oh oh But I believe that love can save tomorrow I believe that truth can make us free [Outro] Someone tried to say it and we nailed him to a cross I guess it’s still the way it used to be