[Intro chords]
  

[Verse 1]


“Good God! Don

’t Jump!”

A boy sat on t

he ledge
              
And old man wh

             
o had fainted 

       
was revived
             
And everyone a

              
greed ‘twould 

             
be a miracle i

 
ndeed
      
If the boy sur

vived

[Chorus]

             
“Save the life

         
 of my child!”
              
Cried the desp

                   
erate mother

[Verse 2]


The woman from

 the supermark

et

Ran to call th

e cops
              
“He must be hi

             
gh on somethin

     
g,” someone sa

id
             
Thought it nev

              
er made the Ne

 
w York Times

             
In the Daily N

              
ews the captio

   
n read

[Chorus]

             
“Save the life

        
 of my child!”
              
Cried the desp

                   
erate mother

[Verse 3]


A patrol car p

assing by

Halted to a st

op
              
Said officer M

             
acDougal in di

 
smay
             
“The force can

          
’t do a decent

 job
            
‘Cause the kid

s got no respe

ct
             
For the law to

day” (and blah

 blah blah)

[Chorus]

             
“Save the life

        
 of my child!”
              
Cried the desp

       
erate mother
              
“Oh, what’s be

              
coming of the 

  
children?”
            
People asking 

         
each other

[Verse 4]

When darkness 

fell, exciteme

nt kissed the 

crowd

And it made th

em wild
              
In an atmosphe

             
re of freaky h

    
oliday


When the spotl

ight hit the b

oy

The crowd bega

n to cheer

He flew away

[Outro]

             
“Oh my Grace, 

          
I got no hidin

g place”
             
“Oh my Grace, 

          
I got no hidin

g place”

[repeat and fade]