Half the word away
Capo 1

[Intro]
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[Verse]
             
  I would like

    
 to leave this

 city 
             
This old town 

      
don't smell to

o pretty and
         
  I can feel t

            
he warning sig

             
ns running aro

       
und my mind

            
  And when I l

eave this isla

nd
             
I book myself 

       
into a soul as

ylum 
         
  I can feel t

            
he warning sig

             
ns running aro

       
und my mind


[Chorus]
           
  So here I go

            
, I'm still sc

              
ratching aroun

            
d in the same 

    
old hole
             
My body feels 

             
young but my m

/         
ind is very ol

d
            
  So what do y

   
ou say? 
            
You can't give

              
 me the dreams

             
 that aren't m

      
ine anyway 
        
You're half th

e world away
       
You're half th

e world away


[Verse]
            
  And when I l

eave this plan

et
             
You know i'd s

          
tay but I just

 can't stand i

t and 
         
  I can feel t

            
he warning sig

             
ns running aro

       
und my mind

             
  And if I can

 
 leave this sp

irit
             
I'll find me a

          
 hole and I'll

 live in it an

d
         
  I can feel t

            
he warning sig

             
ns running aro

       
und my mind


[Chorus]
           
  So here I go

            
, I'm still sc

              
ratching aroun

            
d in the same 

    
old hole
             
my body feels 

             
young but my m

/         
ind is very ol

d
            
  So what do y

   
ou say?
            
You can't give

              
 me the dreams

             
 that aren't m

      
ine anyway
        
You're half th

e world away
       
You're half th

e world away


[Verse]
             
You're half th

     
e world away
             
I've been lost

              
 I've been fou

         
nd but I don't

 feel down
             
You're half th

     
e world away
             
I've been lost

              
 I've been fou

         
nd but I don't

 feel down
            
I don't feel d

own


[Outro]
             
(I don't feel 

 
down)