[Intro]
  
  

[Verse 1]
            
I was scared o

             
f dentists and

     
 the dark
            
I was scared o

             
f pretty girls

     
 and starting 

conversations
            
Oh, all my fri

             
ends are turni

   
ng green
            
You're the mag

             
ician's assist

             
ant in their d

reams

[Pre-chorus]
       
Ooh, ooh, ooh
           
Ooh, ooh, and 

     
they come unst

uck

[Chorus]
           
Lady, running 

            
down to the ri

ptide, taken a

way
            
To the dark si

             
de, I wanna be

      
 your left han

d man
           
I love you whe

              
n you're singi

        
ng that song, 

and I got a lu

mp
            
In my throat, 

             
'cause you're 

              
gonna sing the

   
 words wrong

[Verse 2]
            
There's this m

             
ovie that I th

           
ink you'll lik

e
            
This guy decid

             
es to quit his

         
 job and heads

 to New York C

ity
            
This cowboy's 

            
running from h

imself
            
And she's been

             
 living on the

           
 highest shelf

[Pre-chorus]
       
Ooh, ooh, ooh
           
Ooh, ooh, and 

     
they come unst

uck

[Chorus]
           
Lady, running 

            
down to the ri

ptide, taken a

way
            
To the dark si

             
de, I wanna be

      
 your left han

d man
           
I love you whe

              
n you're singi

        
ng that song, 

and I got a lu

mp
            
In my throat, 

             
'cause you're 

              
gonna sing the

   
 words wrong

[Interlude]
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[Bridge]
            
I just wanna, 

             
I just wanna k

now
             
If you're gonn

              
a, if you're g

       
onna stay
            
I just gotta, 

              
I just gotta k

   
now
             
I can't have i

              
t, I can't hav

     
e it any other

 way

[Pre-chorus] (strum once and hold)
            
I swear she's 

             
destined for t

   
he screen
            
Closest thing 

             
to Michelle Pf

       
eiffer that yo

u've ever seen

, oh

[Chorus]
           
Lady, running 

            
down to the ri

ptide, taken a

way
            
To the dark si

             
de, I wanna be

      
 your left han

d man
           
I love you whe

              
n you're singi

        
ng that song, 

and I got a lu

mp
            
In my throat, 

             
'cause you're 

              
gonna sing the

   
 words wrong

           
Lady, running 

            
down to the ri

ptide, taken a

way
            
To the dark si

             
de, I wanna be

      
 your left han

d man
           
I love you whe

              
n you're singi

        
ng that song, 

and I got a lu

mp
            
In my throat, 

             
'cause you're 

              
gonna sing the

   
 words wrong

           
Lady, running 

            
down to the ri

ptide, taken a

way
            
To the dark si

             
de, I wanna be

      
 your left han

d man
           
I love you whe

              
n you're singi

        
ng that song, 

and I got a lu

mp
            
In my throat, 

             
'cause you're 

              
gonna sing the

       
 words wrong y

eah, I got a l

ump
            
In my throat, 

             
'cause you're 

              
gonna sing the

       
 words wrong