Intro verse 1: DAY AFTER DAY, THEY SEND MY FRIENDS AWAY TO MANSIONS COLD AND GREY TO THE FAR SIDE OF TOWN WHERE THE THIN MEN STALKS THE STREET WHILE THE SANE STAY UNDERGROUND DAY AFTER DAY, THEY TELL ME I CAN GO THEY TELL ME I CAN BLOW TO THE FAR SIDE OF TOWN WHERE IT'S POINTLESS TO BE HIGH 'CAUSE IT'S SUCH A LONG WAY DOWN SO I TELL THEM THAT Chorus: I CAN FLY, I WILL SCREAM, I WILL BREAK MY ARM I WILL DO ME HARM HERE I STAND, FOOT IN HAND, TALKING TO MY WALL I'M NOT QUITE RIGHT AT ALL (AM I?) DON'T SET ME FREE I'M AS HAPPY AS CAN BE JUST MY LIBRIUM AND ME AND MY E.S.T MAKE THREE FOR I'D RATHER STAY HERE WITH ALL THE MADMEN THAN PERISH WITH THE SADMEN ROAMING FREE YES I'D RATHER PLAY HERE WITH ALL THE MADMEN FOR I'M QUITE CONTENT THEY'RE ALL AS SANE AS ME. B E A F#m B G silence while verse is read out verse 3 DAY AFTER DAY, THEY TAKE SOME BRAIN AWAY AND TURN MY FACE AROUND TO THE FAR SIDE OF TOWN AND TELL ME THAT IT'S REAL THEN ASK ME HOW I FEEL Chorus finally: ZANE ZANE ZANE, OUVRE LA CHIEN ZANE ZANE ZANE, OUVRE LA CHIEN Keep repeating and fade out
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