LYRICS - Yuppie

Song

6-4-03

By Emma Johnson

LYRICS:

I used to pride myself for never

working for a corporation.

But now the bills are adding up

and I’m acting out of desperation.

Twenty-two years old but now

things are going to change.

I’m forced to do what I don’t wanna do,

but it’s no use to complain. 

I’m just afraid it’ll get to me

and I won’t know who I am anymore.

What used to be so foreign to me

now surrounds me every day.

Then someone asks me what do you stand for/

and I don’t know what to say.

I am a yuppie now.

Don’t ask me how

It came to be.

I am no longer me.

I used to pride myself for never

working for a corporation.

But now the bills are adding up

and I’m acting out of desperation.

Twenty-two years old but now

things are going to change.

I’m forced to do what I don’t wanna do,

but it’s no use to complain.

I’m just afraid it’ll get to me

and I won’t know who I am anymore.

What used to be so foreign to me

now surrounds me every day.

Then someone asks me what do you stand for/

and I don’t know what to say.

I am a yuppie now.

Don’t ask me how

It came to be

I am no longer me.

I am a yuppie now

Don’t ask me how

It came to be.

I am no longer me.

I am no longer me.

I am no longer me.

I am no longer me.

LYRICS W/ CHORDS:

[all power chords]

[B A D B]

I used to pride myself for never

working for a corporation.

But now the bills are adding up

and I’m acting out of desperation.

Twenty-two years old but now

things are going to change.

I’m forced to do what I don’t wanna do,

but it’s no use to complain. 

[B D A B]

I’m just afraid it’ll get to me

and I won’t know who I am anymore.

What used to be so foreign to me

now surrounds me every day.

Then someone asks me what do you stand for/

and I don’t know what to say.

[2 measures of guitar and drums]

[very slow tempo]

[music accompaniment twice as fast as singing]

[B E D B]

I am a yuppie now

Don’t ask me how

It came to be

I am no longer me________.

[m

[a tempo]

[B A D B]

I used to pride myself for never

working for a corporation.

But now the bills are adding up

and I’m acting out of desperation.

Twenty-two years old but now

things are going to change.

I’m forced to do what I don’t wanna do,

but it’s no use to complain. 

[B D A B]

I’m just afraid it’ll get to me

and I won’t know who I am anymore.

What used to be so foreign to me

now surrounds me every day.

Then someone asks me what do you stand for/

and I don’t know what to say.

[2 measures of guitar and drums]

[very slow tempo]

[music accompaniment twice as fast as singing]

[B E D B]

I am a yuppie now

Don’t ask me how

It came to be

I am no longer me________.

I am a yuppie now

Don’t ask me how

It came to be

I am no longer me________.

I am no longer me________.

I am no longer me________.

I am no longer me________.

[ends on B]

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