[VERSE 1]
G C
I keep my hopes and dreams inside of you
G
amongst the other things my mother seems to never see
Gm
the bruises that I'm covering,
C F
Never been known by my government name,
D Em
my foster home is where I've been placed away from the pain,
G C
so as you sit before me with a folder holding my story,
A D
you're my saviour with nothing on me but power and glory,
G C
And surely you'll never ignore me
B G
cos when the the court came the court date was made to disappear for me,
C D
You think you understand me but never what I went through
G C
but you were never meant to I won't hold it against you,
G C G D
I take a ballpoint pen to play dot to dot with the cigarette burns etched in my forearms,
G Em
Forget me not never let me stop you'll just sit and watch
G C
It's your job to be patient so you'll let me off,
[CHORUS]
G D G B
So come with me take a walk on the wild side, see life in a day through a child's eyes,
C Am G Em D Em G
And these dreams are all I have, to hold me,
C Am G Em D Em
When sleeps the only thing that I want to take me away, away,
[VERSE 2]
G C G
Okay sessions over time to get back to the classroom I hate this lesson and
Gm
I guess the teacher finds it hard to,
C F Em G
You told me I should try my best but guess what I still find this trigonometry a head fuck,
C B
Constantly told I won't pass my GCSE's,
G C
I'll end up in Mac D's serving burgers and cheese,
F C
But you told me I can do anything if I put my mind to it,
G Em
Mistakes make a change if you put a line through 'em,
C G Em A
Lately classmates think I'm crazy turn up daily resembling bill bailey,
G C Em D
And I ain't saying that I can't be groomed with it without new clothes or shower it hard to do,
Gm C
So after school you'll take me shopping for some new clothes
G D
but they'll get taken off me when I get back to the group home,
[CHORUS]
G D G B
So come with me take a walk on the wild side, see life in a day through a child's eyes,
C Am G Em D Em G
And these dreams are all I have, to hold me,
C Am G Em D Em
When sleeps the only thing that I want to take me away, away,
