Biography:
Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties is a character study conducted through music by Wonder Years' frontman, Dan Campbell.
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Other songs:
- The Thunderbird Inn
- 67 Cherry Red
- Borrowed Chords
- Carolina Coast
- Divorce And The American South
- Get Me Out Of Here Alive
- Going To Georgia
- Goodbye Carolina Blues
- Grapefruit
- Green Like The G Train Green Like Sea Foam
- Orchard Park
- Our Apartment
- Runnin Scared
- St Joe Keeps Us Safe
- St Joe Keeps Us Safe Live Acoustic
- You Aint No Saint
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G
I got sick of the silence,
Bm
I got tired of the dark,
C D Em
I was sleeping in late, I was wasting away, I was dying in small parts.
G Bm
So I lit up a smoke and, Took a walk through the park.
C D Em
The dead leaves scrape concrete making it sound like you're next to me, arm in arm.
D
I was putting holes in the drywall.
Em D C
I was hoping you'd save me from me.
G
I'm gonna go see my mother.
Bm
Take the LIRR.
C D Em
Walk the cold Brooklyn streets towards Astoria, Queens out to West Babylon.
G
I walked up the driveway.
Bm
Saw my Daddy's old car.
C D Em
He's been gone for months but we covered it up and it sits in the yard.
[Chorus]
D Bm C
Well I spent my whole life saying I'd never need no one
G F Em
but I think I might need you.
A C Cm
I think I might need you. I think I might need you.
G
We sat in the kitchen.
Bm
My mother's a soldier of god,
C D Em
and so paintings of Jesus, and statues of saints still adorn all the halls,
G
But we'll never go hungry,
Bm
thanks to the infant of Prague,
C D Em
and St. Joe keeps us safe cause we buried him deep in a hole in the backyard.
D
I know things ain't been good since dad died.
Em D C
I know you don't need this from me.
G
But mama, I'm breaking.
Bm
There's no light in the dark.
C D Em
Dianne left this week. She said, "Son, look at me. I know we ain't been this low before
G
and I'm sorry Aaron.
Bm
I know this year has been hard.
C D Em
If you're hurt then I'm hurt. I won't make it worse. I'm always in your corner."
[Chorus]
D Bm C
Well I spent my whole life saying I'd never need no one
G F Em
but I think I might need you.
A C Cm
I think I might need you. I think I might need you.
Am Cm
Something's wrong.
G F Em
I been waiting here too long.
Am Cm G F
She said, "I knew something was wrong. You ain't called here in too
Em
long.
Am Cm G
Take the car and run. Take the car and run. Take the car and run."
I got sick of the silence,
Bm
I got tired of the dark,
C D Em
I was sleeping in late, I was wasting away, I was dying in small parts.
G Bm
So I lit up a smoke and, Took a walk through the park.
C D Em
The dead leaves scrape concrete making it sound like you're next to me, arm in arm.
D
I was putting holes in the drywall.
Em D C
I was hoping you'd save me from me.
G
I'm gonna go see my mother.
Bm
Take the LIRR.
C D Em
Walk the cold Brooklyn streets towards Astoria, Queens out to West Babylon.
G
I walked up the driveway.
Bm
Saw my Daddy's old car.
C D Em
He's been gone for months but we covered it up and it sits in the yard.
[Chorus]
D Bm C
Well I spent my whole life saying I'd never need no one
G F Em
but I think I might need you.
A C Cm
I think I might need you. I think I might need you.
G
We sat in the kitchen.
Bm
My mother's a soldier of god,
C D Em
and so paintings of Jesus, and statues of saints still adorn all the halls,
G
But we'll never go hungry,
Bm
thanks to the infant of Prague,
C D Em
and St. Joe keeps us safe cause we buried him deep in a hole in the backyard.
D
I know things ain't been good since dad died.
Em D C
I know you don't need this from me.
G
But mama, I'm breaking.
Bm
There's no light in the dark.
C D Em
Dianne left this week. She said, "Son, look at me. I know we ain't been this low before
G
and I'm sorry Aaron.
Bm
I know this year has been hard.
C D Em
If you're hurt then I'm hurt. I won't make it worse. I'm always in your corner."
[Chorus]
D Bm C
Well I spent my whole life saying I'd never need no one
G F Em
but I think I might need you.
A C Cm
I think I might need you. I think I might need you.
Am Cm
Something's wrong.
G F Em
I been waiting here too long.
Am Cm G F
She said, "I knew something was wrong. You ain't called here in too
Em
long.
Am Cm G
Take the car and run. Take the car and run. Take the car and run."
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