G               D          Em
I lay here pretending to sleep
C              D            G          Em
Someone’s always asking for something of me
C                       D               G
I try to hide but I’m stripped of my strength
C               G       C         G
Bound by the truth, bored by the speed
        Em               D
And the promise of the fortune it brings
C               D       G
Oh mama, I just don't believe

G                       D       Em
Like it happened in a Broadway scene
C              D               G            Em
Are we still acting, is this the real you and me
C               D                       G
The words don’t flow, but my heart it still bleeds
 C              G       C               G
Bound by the love, the warmth that it brings
            Em          D      G
And its promise to fix everything
C               D          G
Oh mama, I just don't believe

C     G       Bm        G
Angel wings tied to memories
Bm           Em    Bm       Em
They'll never fly for you and I
C       Bm              G
Angel wings tied to melodies
Bm            Em     C        D
They'll never sing for you and me

G                  D            Em
A young man whose soul was burning
C        D             G            Em
The hands of the people guiding him on
C                       D           G
He was moving along, mama he was cooking
     C            G       C             G
But the calendar won, his earnings are gone
        Em                 D          G
And this fortune that this young man saw
C              D               G
Oh mama, I don’t believe in it at all

C  G     Bm          G
Angel wings tied to memories
Bm             Em   Bm      Em
They'll never fly for you and I
C   G       Bm          G
Angel wings tied to melodies
Bm             Em      Am      D
They'll never sing for you and me
Bm          Em        Am       D
For you and me, they'll never sing
Bm              Em
They'll never sing
Am             D
They'll never sing
Bm              Em
They'll never sing
Am             D
They'll never sing
  C              D       G
Oh mama, I just don't believe