G, D, C I'm not a poet I just know how to rhyme I'm not a singer I can just carry a line I'm not a musician I just know how to keep time But I guess this gig is working out just fine I'm not a man I just tend to look like one I think I do a pretty good job of looking young But I feel so goddamn old, counting all the things I've done But at least I don't shrivel in the sun I'm not educated cuz no one talked to me Except the books inside my room who knew knowledge was free I'm just a girl who likes to read cuz words will help you see The truth about how everything can be I'm not a traveler I just don't have a place that's mine And if I do 3000 miles away seems too hard to find I guess I'll find my home all things happen in due time I just hope I have a bed to lay in when I die I'm not a sinner if I don't believe in God There's no rules but my own my mistakes are all I've got They shape me better than I could have ever thought There's no use trying to keep up that facade So I leave you with the idea that I'm mine There's nothing you could ever do to make me change my mind I'll just try to be the best I can to hell with thinking I Will ever be someone that you thought for the first time

Capo 2nd C, E, Am, G, F What are we even fighting for When we don't even know what we're fighting against The cops the laws the government Sexist racist bullshit the end of the capitalist Intersectionality is very important But don't forget what we were trying to hit You can cover more ground when you're shooting from the hip But you get better results when you focus in Cutting off their legs will prevent them from running But the only sure way is straight through the brain You've gotta hit them at the head The headquarters, the front office The place where it all begins Education is key But they'll believe when they see When it's actually happening to them, not to me It's hard to fight a war on an enemy you cannot see And how I think it's time For us to realize To stop the stupid petty shit we need to compromise Clothes may not have gender but the ones who think they do still try to kill me and you Yes we shouldn't be dying because of what others may think But we need to change that thinking first and foremost so we'll be Safe to fight the battles that encompass everyone and everything And then we'll bomb the government And then we'll burn the fucking pigs And then we'll tear the capitalist system down with all of it It's gonna come I promise you We'll still be there to see it through But we just have to be patient

Am, C7, Gm, Em I'm sorry for the things that I said You know I wish that I could take it back I didn't think it was enough I'm sorry that I didn't ever do enough I'm sorry for the things I thought were true I'm sorry for the things they did to you I'm sorry that I wasn't there I didn't know what to do, I was scared I wish that I could turn back the clock I wish that I could try to walk the walk I wish that I didn't search for answers at the bottom of this bottle I wish that I were a better human being One that could express how she is feeling I wish, i wish, i wish, but fuck this wishing won't ever do me shit I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry for the way that I act you know I don't want to act like that I'm sorry for the way that things are going I'm sorry for the way they are unfolding I'm sorry for the hand I played I didn't want to think you'd ever stay I'm sorry for the times I wasn't right I'm sorry for the times that I was I'm sorry for the reasons that I do things are always just because I wish that I could be a pretty woman I wish that they could see I really am I wish that people didn't stare at me when I go walking down the street I wish that I didn't have an illness An illness that nobody thinks exists I wish that I didn't need to pills to make me act okay again I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry for the way that I act you know I don't want to act like that But I'm not sorry I'm not sorry I'm not sorry for existing this is me and only me I'm done resisting I will go on For I am strong I have made it this far and fuck it I'm not stopping now I'll raise the bar And I will pass it It's gonna happen I will make make it through today, tomorrow, and I'll never ever have to say I'm sorry

Capo 3rd Am, Dm, E, C, E Ignorance is bliss when it's not blistering burns On the hearts of young children from parents they learn To not be themselves, be attractive to those That stay in control, we are not in control Just be yourself, just do your best It's not enough to pass the test Why can't you do it when I could We're not the same, we are not one We're all the same, the human race It doesn't fucking work that way I say it does, there's rules in place You break the rules you fucking made You break them every day Break them in my face Nothing's fighting against you You don't know what Im going through Just be the same as everyone I can't do that and be me too What's the fucking problem, son Everything is going wrong Land of opportunity No equality for you and me We are not equal beings Equality for you and me Ignorance is bliss when it's not blistering burns On the hearts of young children from parents they learn To not be themselves, be attractive to those That stay in control, we are not in control We have to have faith that what they're doing is right But we find out its not, and it cuts like a knife We're dealt the wrong cards and the dealers can see it This is how it ends, now it all goes to shit This is how it ends When every single lane will start the same You call it equality, I call it bullshit You have a fucking headstart Just admit that you're wrong, that the system's all gone And all that's left is pain

E, C, A Somewhere an old priest is touching a young boy Just hours after a sermon on adultery Somewhere a small child is stranded in rubble Wondering if her parents are okay Somewhere a police officer is yelling stop resisting At a civilian who's facing the bloody end of their nightstick Somewhere an abortion clinic is being bombed and terrorized By people who exclaim pro-life But that somewhere isn't here Cognitive dissonance is a new dirty word When implications are ignored and dismissed as absurd If it's happening there, why can't it be here You're holding close lies of what you hold dear You're closing your eyes to the easy disguise of a system so broken it leaves you to die When you find out the play goes only one way what the fuck will you do with the rest of your days Will you sit there and deny your fate Somewhere a couple is being beaten to death Cuz their gender identity just happens to match somewhere a child doesn't think their life matters Cuz a cop killed their father at a rally that said it does Somewhere a woman was told that she wanted it Cuz apparently clothes are louder than her screams Somewhere a teenager just pulled the trigger Because her family can't accept she's not a man anymore And that somewhere is always here That somewhere is in your house That somewhere is in your neighborhood That somewhere is in your life

Capo 6th A, C, D Chorus A, E, C, D Drop in, bottom right Getting barreled, outta sight Get pitched, almost drown North shore surf town Hit the reef, vision goes Breathing water fucking blows Feel the current pull me up Break free, get fucked Never getting tired, surf until the day I die Nothing matters anymore, why even try Feel the water cool me down, getting too much sun Waiting for the waves to break and then we Fuckin run! Surfs up! Drop in, sharp left Roaring waves keep me deaf Flying over shallow ground Better not fall down Pulling up and getting air Water's flying every where 540 rodeo Bail out, let's go Surfs up!

E, C, D I'm too drunk to write a line But that won't stop me from missing you I'm too drunk to walk just fine But that won't stop me from kissing you I always knew I was fuckin cheap No, we're both drunk as fuck But not too much to really And your breath smells like vodka And mine smells like day old pizza But I'm more comfortable Than I've been in much too long This girl's got me more fucked up than this bottle in my hand And now sleeping alone feels like a chore A month and a week but too much to keep My head is spinning and my heart is racing And my mouth is already saying the words I can't catch my breath cuz you take it away And I can't see straight cuz we're super gay I want to be yours, darling, I just have to say I'm fucking in love with you

Capo 2nd G, F, G, F, C In a world of stereotypes Fashion trends and status quo's Isn't it the point of punk To always go against the flow The mainstream beauty standards to naught I've got my beard, you've got a hawk A bearded lady, what a freak A boy, a girl, or in between? What are you supposed to think When you see me on the street You think that I'm supposed to fit Into this mold you hold so dear But I digress, I'll stay a mess Of gendered traits you seem to fear What is it that angers you To the point of violent acts Carried out upon my person Don't you think I even am? I'll wear my beard and my skirt too What the fuck are you gonna do A protest of the status quo That's pretty fuckin punk, you know A bearded lady what a freak A boy or girl or in between What are you supposed to think When you see me on the street I'll tell you what you ought to think You think real hard and then you'll see It's just a fucking style choice It's even louder than my voice And they always say why doesn't she want to look like a girl and I say well I fucking do some girls dye their armpit hair some get tattoos on their face some have Mohawks taller than you can reach and this is just my own personal way of rejecting beauty standards set forth by a misogynistic society that tells me I can't possibly be a woman if I don't look like what THEY think one should look like and that's totally fucking BULLSHIT Fuck that I shouldn't have to look like How you think I should You don't run my life Don't think you ever could I'm pretty of my own accord And beauty standards of my own I'm a Goddamn lady So fucking leave me alone!

Capo 5 E, C Wise old mountains Tell me your stories I'll listen with open ears The things you have seen The things you have taught All of which I've left to learn Wise old mountains Show me your secrets I'll peer with open eyes The tales of old Of riches untold The things we try to hide Wise old mountains Lend me your hand Pull me on this road It's lonely and long But my legs will grow strong When you lead me on and on Wise old mountains Your peaks and ravines Will trap me for eternity So I cannot stay I must go away But I will see you again one day

Capo 5th E, D, A I was never much good at getting sleep I made my bed and I guess it's time to jump on it What the fuck are in these pills Don't need a doctor to get my prescriptions filled *gibberish* I think I'm talking sense but I'm not talking words at all I Need to take another break I gotta sit down Guess I'm gonna take another sick day for a year Ha, didn't you hear? There's no way out! Now the kids are going crazy reading Karl Marx And now they're stocking up on molotovs The cops are burning at the stakes the politicians' heads are sitting on! It's a piece of shit my country tis of thee They have the audacity to call it land of the free But no one really is, not you or him or her or them or even me! It's not slavery because it's voluntary But starvation or a gun doesn't matter how it's done When it's everything to bills or dying on the street tell me Is it still a choice, is it really still a choice? There's no way out! But wait I see something In the distance It's a light It's.. It's a ball of fire Everything's burning Everything's burning! Ahahahahahaha Burn it all To the ground That's the way out That's the way out I found it out That's the way out