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Colors And The Kids

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Cat Power - Colors & The Kids (Moon Pix 1998)
AIt must be the colors and the kids that Dkeep me alive
'Cause the Amusic is boring me to deathD  
It must just be the Acolors and the kids that Dkeep me alive
'Cause I'd wanna go right away Dto a January nightA  
I built a shack Awith an old friend
He was someone I could Dlearn from
Someone I could beAcome
Will you meet me down on a sandy Dbeach
We can roll up our jeansA  
So the tide won't Dget us below the knees
 AYellow hair you are a Dfunny bear
 AYellow hair you are such a Dfunny bear
Slender fiAngers would hold me slender limbDs would hold me
And you could say my Aname like you knew my nameD  
I could staAy here become someoDne different
I could staAy here become someoDne better
It's so Ahard to go in the city
'Cause you waDnna say hello to everybody
It's so Ahard to go into the city
'Cause you wanDna say hey I love you to everybody
When we were teeAnagers we wanted to be the skyD  
Now all we wanna do is go to Ared places
And try to stay Doutta hell
It must be the Acolors and the kids that Dkeep me alive
'Cause the Amusic is boring me to Ddeath
it must just be the Acolors and it must just be the Dkids
That keep me alive Aon this January Dnight
 AYellow hair you are a Dfunny bear
 AYellow hair you are such a Dfunny bear

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Colors And The Kids

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Cat Power - Colors & The Kids (Moon Pix 1998)

A D

It must be the colors and the kids that keep me alive

A D

'Cause the music is boring me to death

A D

It must just be the colors and the kids that keep me alive

D A

'Cause I'd wanna go right away to a January night

I built a shack with an old friend

He was someone I could learn from

Someone I could become

Will you meet me down on a sandy beach

We can roll up our jeans

So the tide won't get us below the knees

A D

Yellow hair you are a funny bear

A D

Yellow hair you are such a funny bear

A D

Slender fingers would hold me slender limbs would hold me

A D

And you could say my name like you knew my name

A D

I could stay here become someone different

A D

I could stay here become someone better

It's so hard to go in the city

'Cause you wanna say hello to everybody

It's so hard to go into the city

'Cause you wanna say hey I love you to everybody

A D

When we were teenagers we wanted to be the sky

Now all we wanna do is go to red places

And try to stay outta hell

A D

It must be the colors and the kids that keep me alive

A D

'Cause the music is boring me to death

A D

it must just be the colors and it must just be the kids

A D

That keep me alive on this January night

A D

Yellow hair you are a funny bear

A D

Yellow hair you are such a funny bear

About Colors And The Kids Chords by Cat Power

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