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[Intro]
         


[Verse 1]
           
Folks, we fina

             
lly got our he

/
adline
           
"Newsies Crush

              
ed as Bulls At


tack"
            
Crutchie's cal

/            
ling me, Dumb 

           
crip's just to

             
o damn slow
           
Guys are fight

              
in', bleedin' 

       
fallin'
           
Thanks to good

              
 ole' Captain 


Jack
           
Captain Jack j

              
ust wants to c

            
lose his eyes 

    
and go


[Verse 2]
             
Let me go, Far

  
 away.
             
Somewhere they

         
 won't ever fi

          
nd me, and tom

         
orrow won't re

       
mind me of tod


ay
        
   And the cit

           
y's finally sl

     
eepin'
           
And the moon l

             
ooks old and g

    
rey
     
I get on a tra

        
in thats bound

        
 for Santa Fe


[Verse 3]
           
   And I'm gon

            
e, And I'm don

e
             
No more runnin

        
g, No more lyi

      
ng
           
No more fat ol

       
d men denying 

   
me my pay
        
    Just a moo

           
n so big and y

         
ellow, it turn

       
s night right 

   
into day
           
Dreams come tr

           
ue, Yeah they 

         
do, In Santa F

            
e


[Bridge]
             
Where does it 

          
say you gotta 

       
live and die h

           
ere
             
Where does it 

          
say a guy can'

       
t catch a brea

    
k

Why should you

 only take wha

t you're given
            
Why should you

            
 spend your wh

/
ole life livin

g

Trapped where 

there ain't no

 future
         
Even at sevent

   
een
            
Breaking your 

              
back for someo

         
ne else's sake
      
If the life do

              
n't seem to su

         
it you, how 'b

              
out a change o

       
f scene
            
Far from the l

          
ousy headlines

           
 and the deadl

              
ines in betwee

       
n


[Verse 4]
      
   Santa Fe, m

        
y old friend
             
I can't spend 

           
my whole life 

  
dreaming
          
Though I know 

         
that's all I s

        
eem inclined t

      
o do
           
I ain't gettin

      
g any younger,

      
 And I wanna s

       
tart brand new
        
 I need space,

          
 And fresh air
             
Let 'em laugh 

          
in my face, I 

       
don't care
    
Save my place,

         
 I'll be there
          


[Verse 5]
           
Just be real i

           
s all I'm aski

ng
           
Not some paint

          
ing in my head
          
Cause I'm dead

             
 if I can't co

/           
unt on you tod

     
ay
           
I got nothing 

       
if I ain't got

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