DATE WRITTEN:1982
	"DATE COPYRIGHTED: APRIL 19, 1982"
	Pat Lyons
	
	               GIVE ME A BREAK
	 
INTRO CHORDS	
 	
VERSE 1	MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT I'M A USELESS MAN
	I NEVER GET TO PROVE THAT I CAN DO WHAT I CAN
	ALL MY LIFE I TRY TO FULFILL MY DREAM
	BUT POLITICS PREVENTS ME FROM MAKING THE TEAM
	
VERSE 2	WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND JAMMIN AWAY
 	I WAS ALWAYS THE FIRST TO LET THE OTHERS PLAY
	WHEN TIME CAME TO JOIN MY FIRST BAND
	THINGS DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY THAT I PLANNED
	
CHORUS	"PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK , I WAS JUDGED TOO SOON"
	I DIDN'T ASK TO BE THE NEXT MAN ON THE MOON
	YOU'VE HAD TIME TO TRY AND LISTEN TO OTHERS
	BUT NEVER THE MAN THAT'S AS CLOSE AS YOUR BROTHER
	
	
VERSE 3	"I'VE GIVEN UP ASKING, CAUSE I CAN'T BEAR REJECTION"
 	3 TIMES WAS ENOUGH FOR MY HEART TO SEEK PROTECTION
	I'VE ALWAYS WANTED A BAND WITH MY BRO'S
	HAS TIME CHANGED THEM & LEFT THE DOOR CLOSED?
	
	
VERSE 4	AS A SONG WRITTEN THIS WILL BE 21
 	NO ONE CARES BUT PLAYIN ALONE IS NO FUN
	SOMEDAY I COULD BE THE BEST IN THE LAND
	I'LL NEVER ENJOY LIFE AS A ONE MAN BAND
	
CHORUS	"PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK , I WAS JUDGED TOO SOON"
	I DIDN'T ASK TO BE THE NEXT MAN ON THE MOON
	YOU'VE HAD TIME TO TRY AND LISTEN TO OTHERS
	BUT NEVER THE MAN THAT'S AS CLOSE AS YOUR BROTHER
	
BREAK/LEADS	
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