Dawes – King Of The Never-Wills (Guitar)

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I watched you hold court with the graduate class of your fan club

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Those same tired stories at the end of your favorite bar

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And to give 'em a bit of suspense

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You tell them in the present tense

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As if you believe that's the person you somehow still are

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The assumption was always that you were a little too special

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To pay the same share of the dues that all of us owe

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You convinced us to change up the plan

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And prеpare the road for the man

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Instеad of just simply preparing the man for the road

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Well, everything goes out of fashion

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You went way over that hill

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You couldn't go on as a has-been

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You had to be king of the never-wills

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You used to say that my beers were a bit too expensive

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To get to the heart of what drove a true seeker to drink

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And after we both forced a laugh

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Your eyes tried to take that joke back

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Once you could tell that I knew that's what you really think

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How did this catastrophe happen?

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And why is it happening still?

    E           Em      Bm
You couldn't go on as a has-been

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You had to be king of the never-wills

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As we walked to my car, we both heard a small pack of coyotes

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Telling the neighborhood they all found something to eat

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And after the howls died away

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You sobered up only to say

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"It's too late to be anything we never wanted to be"

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I dropped you at Hillhurst and Franklin

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To let the long night go in for the kill

    E           Em      Bm
You couldn't go on as a has-been

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You had to be king of the never-wills

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And now you're the heart of a story that goes on without you

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We've distilled your whole person to only the best memories

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You're a fixture at all open mics

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The kids asked me if we were alike

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But when I look in the mirror, yours is the face that I see

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And it's worse than I could've imagined

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As I lift up my glass to get filled

    E          Em      Bm
I refuse to go on as a has-been

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I'd rather be king of the never-wills

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I'd rather be king of the never-wills

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I'd rather be king of the never-wills