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[Verse]
G                                      C
Dear Mr. Good I'm writing to tell you about my child
     G                                                       C
He's in the fifth grade and very dangerous He thinks he's smarter than you and I
               G                            C
and everybody else
    G                                     C
So play him like a Maestro would play a cheap violin
           G                                                   C                   G
Let him think he's the ringleader then in mid-circus pull the rug out from under him

[Chorus]
    F                  C                G
My fear is that he's nearing the third rail
     F            C             G
He's kneeling to another angry idol
           F             C               G
And I can see it as his face is getting pale
                  F  C             G
That he's on his way out of this world

[Verse]
       G                               C
This sudden spat of insanity needs a good fat dose of humility
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Otherwise a dictator will arise in class and rule by fear
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So, before he gets too old to know what we're doing right now
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Before he gets too old to turn a deaf ear, turn it back my way

[Chorus]
     F                 C                G
My fear is that he's nearing the third rail
       F           C            G
He's kneeling to another angry idol
           F              C              G
And I can see it as his face is getting pale
           F    C              G
Getting nowhere on no one's referrals
           F    C              G
Getting nowhere on no one's referrals

             F C             G
He's on his way out of this world
             F C             G
He's on his way out of this world
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He's on his way