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[Refrain]
             
You work hard 

    
for now
     
Just now
     
Just now
             
You work hard 

    
for now
     
Just now
     
Just now

[Verse 1]
           
If somebody to

ld me
           
I'd die at for

ty
              
I wouldn't hav

             
e spent my tim

      
e in bed
           
Writing my dum

b songs
              
And my growing

 
-up songs
            
I should've ju

st grown up in

stead

[Refrain]
             
You work hard 

    
for now
     
Just now
     
Just now

[Verse 2]
             
Now, all of th

  
e interns
              
Are no longer 


interns
              
How long have 

             
I been out of 

  
town
              
'Cause sometim

     
es I wonder
         
If I had kisse

d her
              
How different 

 
life would be 

right now

[Pre-chorus]
            
I smile when I

 
 cry
             
To hide what I

 
 felt
        
I'm doing fine
             
Speak for your


self
            
I should have 

             
just asked for

    
 help



[Chorus]
           
He-y, it's 208

           
5, and we're o

      
ld as shit, wh

atever
           
He-y, I'd hate

            
 to have to di

             
e 'fore I get 

   
my head togeth

er, whatever

[Refrain]
             
You work hard 

    
for now
     
Just now
     
Just now

[Verse 3]
             
So finish your

 
 work now
             
It's getting w

#
arm out
             
If you got fri

              
ends, don't le

       
t them leave
              
I turned twent

  
y-something
              
It didn't mean

 
 nothing
              
'Cause not one

             
 of them were 

         
there to see

[Refrain]
             
You work hard 

    
for now
     
Just now
     
Just now

[Verse 4]
             
And go tell yo

            
ur grandson to

             
 go tell his g

#
randson
              
You don't have

             
 to try so har

       
d, you know
              
'Cause I spent

    
 my whole life
         
Tryna be so li

ked
            
That only made

             
 'em hate me m

ore

[Pre-Chorus]
            
Did I make you

 
 proud?
             
Did I screw th

   
is up?
           
Sing with me l

#
oud
             
It's all that 

     
I've got
            
To know if I d

       
id or not



[Chorus]
           
He-y, it's 208

           
5, and we're o

      
ld as shit, wh

atever
           
He-y, I'd hate

            
 to have to di

             
e 'fore I get 

   
my head togeth

er
             
Together, toge

       
ther, whatever

[Refrain]
             
You work hard 

    
for now
     
Just now
     
Just now

(Whatever)
             
You work hard 

    
for now
     
Just now
     
Just now

Whatever



[Bridge]
            
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo

#         
h, ooh-ooh-ooh

  
-ooh
             
You gotta get 

            
better, you're

              
 all that I've

 
 got
           
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo

           
h, ooh-ooh-ooh

  
-ooh
             
Don't take for

            
ever, you're n

              
ot here for lo

 
ng
           
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo

         
h, ah-ah-ah-ah
             
You gotta get 

            
better, you're

              
 all that I've

 
 got

[Interlude]
    

[Verse 5]

I wish I was m

e
             
Whoever that i

#
s

I could just b

e
              
And not give a

 
 shit
              
Hey, I'll be w

              
hatever makes 

      
you a fan
              
'Cause I don't

            
 know who the 

       
hell I am

[Verse 6]

I think it's t

oo late
              
To figure this

 
 out

If I could be 

me
              
I would have b

         
een it by now

Maybe I'm a st

one
             
Or big as my h

ouse
              
It looks like 

            
our time is ru

      
nning out

[Verse 7]

So, if this is

 me
              
Then I'll do m

  
y best

I'll take all 

the shit
             
So you never h

#
ave to

You can be you
              
And I'll be th

  
e rest
              
Yeah, maybe th

            
at's who the h

      
ell I am

[Bridge]
          
Whoa-oh-oh-oh,

         
 whoa-oh-oh-oh
             
You gotta get 

            
better, you're

              
 all that I've

 
 got
          
Whoa-oh-oh-oh,

         
 whoa-oh-oh-oh
             
Don't take for

            
ever, you're n

              
ot here for lo

 
ng
         
Da-da-da-da, d

#       
a-da-da-da
             
You gotta get 

            
better, you're

              
 all that I've

 
 got
         
Ah-ah-ah-ah, a

#       
h-ah-ah-ah
             
Don't take for

            
ever, you're n

              
ot here for lo

 
ng

[Outro]
           
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hm

          
m, hmm-hmm-hmm

  
-hmm
             
I gotta get be

            
tter, I'm all 

          
that I've got
           
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hm

          
m, hmm-hmm-hmm

  
-hmm
             
For two or thr

            
ee minutes, th

        
en I'm gone

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