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Speak Like a Child

The Style Council
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Chords in this song13

Intro

A F#m (x2)

Verse 1

Your hair hangs in golden steps
You're a bonafide in every respect
You are walking through streets that mean nothing to you
You believe you're above it, and I don't really blame you

Chorus

Maybe that's why you speak like a child;
The things you're saying like, "I'm so free and so wild"
And I believe it when you look in my eyes;
You offer me a life that never lies
Least only the kind to make me smile
(D) (C#m)(Bm)

Verse 2

Your clothes are clean, and your mind is productive
It shops in stores where only the best buy
You're cool and hard, and if I sound like a lecher
It's probably true, but at least there's no lecture

Chorus

I really like it when you speak like a child
The crazy sayings like, "I'm so free and so wild"
You have to make a bargain with me now
A promise that you won't change somehow
No way, no how 

Bridge

Spent all day thinking about you
Spent all night coming to terms with it
Time and conditions are built to tame
Nothing lasts with age, so people say
E (D) (C#m)(Bm) A
But I will always try to feel the same

Interlude

 
A F#m (x3)
Bm F#m (x2)
   

Bridge

Spent all day thinking about you
Spent all night coming to terms with it
Time and conditions are built to tame
Nothing lasts with age, so people say
E (D) (C#m)(Bm) A
But I will always try to feel the same

Chorus

I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
The way you hate the homely rank and the file
The way you're so proud to be oh, so free and so wild
I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
The way you're so proud to be oh, so free and so wild
I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
I really like it when you speak like a child
The way you're so proud to be oh, so free and so wild
 
(to fade)

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