[Intro]

       
       

[Verse 1]
             
Smoky walls, d

     
usty halls, no

 one calls
            
And all the wi


ndow plants ar

e dying (la la

 la la..)
             
She'd talk it 

              
up, half empty

 
 cup, half-hea

rted love
            
Half of the ti


me halfway thr

ough crying (o

oh, ahh, ooh, 

ahh)
          
She don't live

 here by herse

lf
         
Sleeping in th

e bed she's ma

de
        
Reading books 

about self hel

p
        
Working late o

n Saturdays
            
'Less she got 

              
something at s

    
take

[Verse 2]
             
For heaven's s

              
ake, keep him 

 
awake, make no

 mistake
              
He break down 


daily with no 

warning
             
When you're 20

              
 years old, do

             
 as you're tol


d, get bought 

and sold
              
Its coldest ea

   
rly in the mor

ning
         
And he's livin

g on Tenth Str

eet
        
Getting home r

ight around da

wn
      
Every night of

 every week
              
He's proving e


verybody wrong
        
Any day now, i

t won't be lon

g
   
So listen when

 I say

[Chorus]

Don't you stop

 it now, c'mon

 and

Give 'em all w

hat they came 

here for

Never been don

e the same bef

ore

Talk it up 'ti

l your face ge

ts sore

Don't you stop

 it now, c'mon

 and

Half a mile an

d we'll see th

e shore

Captain, how c

an you be so s

ure?

Talking up wha

t I came here 

for

[Instrumental]
            

[Verse 3]
             
I've been hold

              
ing my own, my

            
 rag and bone,


 lock up alone
           
I don't forget

 to double che

ck it, now, no

 no no no…
             
And I learned 

              
to rely on me 

     
and I, straigh

ten my tie
            
Lace my own bo


ots zip my own

 jacket
          
Because I did 

the best I cou

ld
      
I got taken do

wn again
          
But I got fire

 in my blood
      
I got sugar on

 my skin
          
And I got nowh

ere to begin
  
So listen and 

I'll say

[Chorus]

Don't you stop

 it now, c'mon

Give 'em all w

hat they came 

here for

Never been don

e the same bef

ore

Talk it up 'ti

l your face ge

ts sore

Don't you stop

 it now, c'mon

Half a mile an

d we'll see th

e shore

Captain, how c

an you be so s

ure?

Talking up wha

t I came here 

for

            
            

[Bridge]
        
See you get wh

at you put in
       
So you cannot 

get upset
              
If you're just

 
 dipping your 

foot in
            
Because you do


n't wanna get 

wet
         
And you ain't 

              
made it big ye

 
t

[Chorus]
             
Don't you stop

   
 it
              
Give 'em all w

         
hat they came 

here for
    
Gotta talk it 

up 'til your f

ace gets sore

Don't you stop

 it now, c'mon

Half a mile an

d we'll see th

e shore

Captain, how c

an you be so s

ure?

Talking up wha

t I'm doing it

 all for

Don't you stop

 it now, c'mon

Give 'em all w

hat they came 

here for

Never been don

e the same bef

ore

Talk it up 'ti

l your face ge

ts sore

Don't you stop

 it now, c'mon

 and

Half a mile an

d we'll see th

e shore

Captain how ca

n you be so su

re?

Talking up wha

t I came here 

for
             
Don't you stop

       
 it now, woah

Never been don

e the same

Talk it up 'ti

l your face ge

ts sore

Don't you stop

 it now, c'mon

Half a mile an

d we'll see th

e shore

Captain, how c

an you be so s

ure?

Talking up wha

t I came here 

for