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G          C
When I was nine
G           C9
Michael and I
G         C           G           C9
Entered a talent show down at the y

C     Bb      C                Bb
9 am, went to rehearse by some stairs
C             Bb
Mike couldn't sing
      C            Bb
But I said: no one cares

        F               Bb
We sang yellow bird and let's go fly a kite
Bb       
Over and over and over
               G
Till we got it right

Bb                       F
When we emerged from the ymca
Bb                    F              G
Three o'clock sun had made the grass hay


I thought
C           F              Bb   G
Hey, what a way to spend a day
C           F              Bb   G
Hey, what a way to spend a day
C        Bb
I make a vow
F              Fm
Right here and now
C         Bb    F            C    D
I'm gonna spend my time this way

G          C   
When I was sixteen
G           C9
Michael and I
G            C            G            C9
Got parts in wеst side at white plains high    
C              Bb      C               Bb
Three o'clock, went to rеhearse in the gym
C                 Bb          C
Mike played doc , who did not sing
          Bb
Fine with him

        F                       
We sang got a rocket in your pocket
        Bb
And the jets are gonna have their day, tonight
Bb
Over and over and over
               G
Till we got it right

     Bb                F
When we emerged, wiped out by that play
Bb                      F            G
Nine o'clock, stars and moon lit the way


I thought
C           F              Bb   G
Hey, what a way to spend a day
C           F              Bb   G
Hey, what a way to spend a day
C        Bb
I made a vow
F        Fm
I wonder now
C        Bb           F            C        
Am I cut out to spend my time this way?

A          D
I'm twenty-nine
A           D
Michael and I
A           D            A     D
Live on the west side of soho, nu

D       C       D        C
9 AM, I write a lyric or two
D              C           D      C
Mike sings his song now on mad avenue
       G
I sing come to your senses
  C9                        Em7
Defenses are not the way to go
C
Over and over and over
    C                   C
And over, and over, and over, and over
              A
Till I get it right

     C9              G  
When I emerge from b minor or a
C9                         G         A
Five o'clock, diner calls: I'm on my way


I think
D           G              C   A
Hey, what a way to spend a day
D           G              C   A
Hey, what a way to spend a day
D        C
I make a vow
G              Gm
Right here and now
D         C     G            D
I'm gonna spend my time this way
D         C     G            D
I'm gonna spend my time this way...