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I've these dreams I'm walking home,

(Em9)home when it used to be,

and (Amaj9)ev'rything is as it was,

(Em9)frozen in front of me.

Here I stand six feet small,

romanticizing years ago;

but it's a (Amaj9)bittersweet feeling hearing "Wrapped Around Your Finger" on (Em9)the radio.

And (Dmaj7)these (Amaj9)days

I (Dmaj7)wish I was (Amaj9)six again.

Oh, make me a red cape,

I (Dmaj7)wanna be (Amaj9)Superman.

Oh, if only my life was more like (D9)nineteen eightythree,

all these things would be more like they were at the start of me.

Had it made in eightythree.

(Em9)(Amaj9)Thinking 'bout my brother Ben;

I miss him ev'ry day.

He looks just like his brother John,

but on an (Em9)eighteen month delay.

Here I stand six feet small,

and smiling 'cause I'm scared as hell.

Kind (Amaj9)of like my life is like a sequel to a movie where the (Em9)actors' names have changed.

Oh well.

Well,

(Am7)If my life was more like (D9)nineteen eightythree,

I'd plot a course to the source of the purest little part of me.

(C#m)And most my memories

(F#7)have escaped me or confused themselves with dreams.

(B)If (Bm)heaven's all we want it to be,

send your prayers to me

care of nineteen

eightythree.

(D9)You can paint that house a rainbow of colors,

rip out the floorboards, replace the shutters,

but (Am7)that's my (D9)plastic in the dirt.

(Am7)Whatever happened to (D9)my, whatever happened to my,

(Am7)whatever happened to (D9)my lunchbox?

(Am7)When came the (D9)day that it got

(Am7)thrown (D9)away, and don't you think I should have had some say in that (Am7)decision?

If only my life...

If only my life...