G C
I keep my hopes and dreams inside of you
G
amongst the other things my mother seems to never see
Gm
the bruises that I'm covering,
C F
Never been known by my government name,
DEm
my foster home is where I've been placed away from the pain,
G C
so as you sit before me with a folder holding my story,
AD
you're my saviour with nothing on me but power and glory,
G C
And surely you'll never ignore me
B G
cos when the the court came the court date was made to disappear for me,
C D
You think you understand me but never what I went through
G C
but you were never meant to I won't hold it against you,
GC GD
I take a ballpoint pen to play dot to dot with the cigarette burns etched in my forearms,
G Em
Forget me not never let me stop you'll just sit and watch
G C
It's your job to be patient so you'll let me off,
[CHORUS]
G D G B
So come with me take a walk on the wild side, see life in a day through a child's eyes,
C Am GEm D EmG
And these dreams are all I have, to hold me,
C Am GEmD Em
When sleeps the only thing that I want to take me away, away,
[VERSE 2]
GCG
Okay sessions over time to get back to the classroom I hate this lesson and
Gm
I guess the teacher finds it hard to,
C FEm G
You told me I should try my best but guess what I still find this trigonometry a head fuck,
C B
Constantly told I won't my GCSE's,
G C
I'll end up in Mac D's serving burgers and cheese,
FC
But you told me I can do anything if I put my mind to it,
G Em
Mistakes make a change if you put a line through 'em,
CG EmA
Lately classmates think I'm crazy turn up daily resembling bill bailey,
G C EmD
And I ain't saying that I can't be groomed with it without new clothes or shower it hard to do,
GmC
So after school you'll take me shopping for some new clothes
GD
but they'll get taken off me when I get back to the group home,
[CHORUS]
G D G B
So come with me take a walk on the wild side, see life in a day through a child's eyes,
C Am GEm D EmG
And these dreams are all I have, to hold me,
C Am GEmD Em
When sleeps the only thing that I want to take me away, away,
