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| Intro |
| D | D7 | G | D |
| Verse |
| D | |
| You left Billy with the kid |
| D7 | G | C | |
| And | all the selfless things you did with | Billy |
| D | |
| You | left your home town in the spring |
| D7 | G | C | |
| And | turned your back on everything |
| G | |
| You | thought your life would just go by |
| Em7 | Asus7 | A7 | |
| With | out a pause to wonder, don't be | silly |
| Cborus |
| D | C | G | D | |
| But | you can't | live your life | in the baby | seat |
| D | C | G | D | |
| You've got to | stand on your own, | don't admit de | feat |
| Verse |
| He came down from his retreat |
| She saw him later on the street |
| He said "You are the only one |
| to recognize that I'm the son" |
| So she bent down and kissed his feet |
| And then that night, between the sheets she told him |
| Cborus |
| You can't live your life in the baby seat |
| You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat |
| You can't live your life in the baby seat |
| You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat |
| Bridge |
| A | Em | |
| 40 days at | sea |
| D | A | G | D | |
| Then she | turned and | said to | me |
| A | Em | |
| " | If we make it | back |
| Bm | A | G | A | |
| I'll re | nounce | Jack Kerou | ac |
| Bm | A | G | A | |
| And | all of | that ro | mantic | crap |
| Bm A G A N.C. |
| Like I'm an artist don't look back" |
| Verse |
| Now we're living somewhere else |
| We keep opinions to ourselves |
| But still we seek a sneaky peek at heaven |
| When the working week defeats us |
| If you think growing up is tough |
| Then you've just not grown enough, baby |
| Cborus |
| You can't live your life in the baby seat |
| You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat |
| You can't live your life in the baby seat |
| You've got to stand on your own, don't admit defeat |