White Houses

A G D E x 2 A G D E White houses in neat little rows contrasting against the sky A G D E Tumbled down black shacks over the tracks children so hungry they could cry A G D E The chrome the steel the metal dream leaving the teepee to rot A G D E The escapist young mind left behind saving dimes for community pot A G D You better get straight E A G Better, better get straight D E A G I mean you better get straight right now D E A G D E Better get it, you better, better get straight babe A G D E They're crying out for love all the time but they fail to see their neighbours eyes A G D E The TV is on 6 o'clock news the channel's in full colored lies A G D E The company meets, the President speaks he's young but his bones creak A G D E Young girl dresses for the high school dance and the guy next door is dyin' for a peek A G Get straight D E A G You better, yeah, you better get straight babe D E A G Oh did you get what I said, I said to you D E A That you, you better, you better get angry G D E You better, you better get straight SOLO (32 bars) A G D E They put a bible in the drawer of the motel room and it's crying out to be read A G D E But it stays right there collecting dust, no one understands what's being said A G D E Lovers make love in comfy boxes, what will tomorrow bring A G D E They've been told that it's wrong but they don't give a damn, soon another life it will bring A G You better get straight baby D E A G Yeah you, you better get straight baby D E A G Oh and I think I better get myself to get it babe D E A G You know what I mean I been bent so very long D E I wanna fly right, I wanna do it alright etc. Bruce