^ARight here, right now ^AI put the offer out ^AI don't want to chase you down ^N.C.I know you see it ^AYou run with me ^AAnd I can cut you free ^AOut of the treachery and ^N.C.Walls you keep in ^ASo trade that typical ^Cfor something colorful ^GAnd if it's crazy, live a little crazy ^AYou can play it sensible, ^Ca king of conventional Or ^Gyou can risk it all and see

^ADon't you wanna get away from the ^Fsame old part you gotta play 'Cause I ^Cgot what you need So ^Ccome with me and take the ^Gride It'll ^Gtake you to the other side '^ACause you can do like you do ^FOr you can do like me ^CStay in the cage, or you'll ^Gfinally take the key ^AOh, damn! Suddenly you're ^Ffree to fly ^CIt'll take you to the other ^Gside

^AOkay, my friend, you want to cut me in ^AWell I hate to tell you, but it ^N.C.Just won't happen So ^Athanks, but no ^AI think I'm good to go '^ACause I quite enjoy the life ^N.C.You say I'm trapped in ^ANow I admire you, and ^Cthat whole show you do ^GYou're onto something, really it's something ^ABut I live among the swells, and ^Cwe don't pick up peanut shells I'll ^Ghave to leave that up to you

^ADon't you know that I'm okay with this ^Fuptown part I get to play 'Cause I ^Cgot what I need and I don't want to take the ^Gride ^GI don't need to see the other side ^ASo go and do like you do ^FI'm good to do like me ^CAin't in a cage, so I don't need to ^Gtake the key ^AOh, damn! Can't you ^Fsee I'm doing fine ^CI don't need to see the other ^Gside

^ANow is this really how you like to spend your days? ^AWhiskey and misery, and parties and plays

^CIf I were mixed up with you, I'd be the talk of the town ^CDisgraced and disowned, another one of the clowns

^ABut you would finally live a little, finally laugh a little ^AJust let me give you the freedom to dream and it'll ^AWake you up and cure your aching ^CTake your walls and start 'em breaking ^CNow that's a deal that seems worth taking But I ^Cadd4guess I'll leave that up to you

^AWell it's intriguing, but to go would cost me greatly^G So what ^Apercentage of the show would I be taking?^G

^CFair enough, you'd want a piece of all the action^{G C}I'd give you seven, we could shake and make it happen^G

^AI wasn't born this morning, eighteen would be just fine^G (Hugh) ^CWhy not just go ahead and ask for nickels on the dime^G

^AFifteen (Hugh) ^CI'd do eight

^ATwelve (Hugh) ^CMaybe nine

^N.C.Ten [Chorus] ^ADon't you wanna get away to a ^Fwhole new part you're gonna play 'Cause I ^Cgot what you need, so come with me and take the ^Gride ^GTo the other side ^ASo if you do like I do ^FSo if you do like me ^CForget the cage, 'cause we ^Gknow how to make the key ^AOh, damn! Suddenly we're ^Ffree to fly ^CWe're going to the other ^Gside ^ASo if you do like I do (To the other side) ^FSo if you do like me (We're going to the other side) '^CCause if we do we're going ^Ato the other side ^CWe're going to the other... ^N.C.Side