Tom: C Intro C - Am - F C been this way for almost all my life Am wasn't born here Mom & me moved here when I was 5 F C these Kansas City boys are dull as butter knives C had this little car since I was 17 Am the tape is busted got a boom box in the back seat F C blasting Misfits all up & down these streets C Em to stay the same F C to never change C Em to stay the same F C to never change C the college kids in KC all leave in the fall Am don't have time for letters or long distance calls F C if friend you leave then friend you're dead to me C Mom's been sick now for a long time Am she says she hopes I'll want a family after she's died F she says the less you feel like a child C the more you'll want a child C Em to stay the same F C to never change C Em to stay the same F C to never change C Em to stay the same F C to never change C Em to stay the same F C to never change