Living On The Edge Of The World

[Verse 1]
(Wow!)
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Early North Jersey industrial skyline (bow, bow, bow, bow)
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I'm an all-set cobra jet creeping through the night time (bow, bow, bow, bow)
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Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a pay phone (bow, bow, bow, bow)
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This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone (bow, bow, bow, bow)
 
[Chorus]
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I'm living on the edge of the world
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Trying to get my girl on the line
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Living on the edge of the world
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But I think I'm just a wastin' my time
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Some jerk keeps breaking my connection, girl (breaking my connection)
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'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world (living on the edge of the world)
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Living on the edge of the world
 
[Verse 2]
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Radio, radio, hear my tale of heartbreak (bow, bow, bow, bow)
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New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape (bow, bow, bow, bow)
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Got a counter girl at the Exit 24 HoJo (bow, bow, bow, bow)
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Down past the refinery towers where the great black river flows (bow, bow, bow, bow)
 
[Chorus]
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I'm living on the edge of the world
   A              F#m
Trying to back to you girl
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Living on the edge of the world
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Tryin' to get a message through
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I gotta make a connection, girl (make a connection)
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'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world (living on the edge of the world)
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Living on the edge of the world
 
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Radio's jammed with gospel stations (bow, bow, bow, bow)
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Lost souls calling long distance salvation (bow, bow, bow, bow)
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Hey mister deejay gotta hear my last prayer (bow, bow, bow, bow)
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It's a hey ho rock and roll, deliver me from nowhere (bow, bow, bow, bow)
 
[Chorus]
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I'm living on the edge of the world
   A              F#m
Trying to back to you girl
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Living on the edge of the world
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Tryin' to get a message through
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I gotta make some connection, girl (make some connection)
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'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world (living on the edge of the world)
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Living on the edge, ooh
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I gotta make some connection, girl (make some connection)
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'Cause I'm living on the edge of the world (living on the edge of the world)
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Living on the edge of the world
 
[Verse 4]
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Now my boss don't dig me 'cause he put me on the night shift
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It takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives
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In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy
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Relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby
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'Neath the overpass the trooper hits his party lights switch
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Good night, good luck, one, two powershift
 
[Outro]
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Living on the edge of the world
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             Po po
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(Living on the edge of the world
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Living on the edge of the world
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Living on the edge of the world
 
[Outro]
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