A Lifetime — Better Than Ezra
Chords and lyrics for A Lifetime by Better Than Ezra (key of F).
Intro
[F] [C] [G]
[F] [C] [G]
Verse 1
[F]Allie woke up [C]8AM, [G]graduation day.
[F]Got into a [C]car, and [G]crashed along the way.
[F]When we [C]arrived late to the [G]wake, stole the [F]urn while they [C]looked away,
[G]And drove to the [F]beach cause [C]I knew you'd [G]want it that way
Verse 2
[Dm]And you were standing on the hood of the [C]car
[F]Singing out loud [G]when the sun came up.
Chorus
[F]And I know I wasn't right, [C]but it felt so good.
[G]And your mother didn't mind, [F]like I thought she [C]would.
[G]And that REM song was [F]playing in my [C]mind.
[Dm]And three and a half [C]minutes [F] [G]
[F]Felt like a lifetime
[C] [G]It felt like a [F]lifetime [C] [G]
Verse 3
[F]And you move like [C]water, I could [G]drown in you
[F]And I fell so [C]deep once, till [G]you pulled me through
[F]You would tell [C]me
Verse 4
[Dm]No one is allowed to be so [C]proud
[F]They never reach out [G]when they're giving up.
Chorus
[F]And I know I wasn't right, [C]but it felt so good.
[G]And your mother didn't mind, [F]like I thought she [C]would.
[G]And that REM song was [F]playing in my [C]mind.
[Dm]And three and a half [C]minutes [F] [G]
[F]Felt like a lifetime
[C] [G]It felt like a [F]lifetime [C] [G]
Interlude
[F]Are you sitting in the [C]lights? Or combing your hair again,
[G]And talking in rhymes? Are you sitting in the [F]lights?
Verse 5
[F]When I got home, heard the [C]phone, your parents had [G]arrived.
[F]And your dad set his [C]jaw, your mom just [G]smiled and sighed.
[F]But they left [C]soon and I went to my [G]room.
[F]Played that disc that [C]you'd given [G]me
[F]And I shut my [C]eyes, swear I could [G]hear the sea.
Verse 6
[Dm]When we were standing on the hood of your [C]car
[F]Singing out loud [G]when the sun came up.
Chorus
[F]And I know I wasn't right, [C]but it felt so good.
[G]And your mother didn't mind, [F]like I thought she [C]would.
[G]And that REM song was [F]playing in my [C]mind.
[Dm]And three and a half [C]minutes [F] [G]
[F]Felt like a lifetime
[C] [G]It felt like a [F]lifetime [C] [G]
Outro
[Dm]And three and a half [C]minutes, [F] [G]
[Dm]Three and a half [C]minutes, [F]
[G]Felt like a lifetime.