------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Place Is a Prison - The Postal Service ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Intro ----- - (x2) - - Main ---- This place is a prison And these people aren't your friends Inhaling thrills through $20 bills And the tumblers are drained and then flooded again - - - And again [Over no lyrics] - - - [Over no lyrics] Ther're guards at the on ramps armed to the teeth And you may case the grounds from the cascades to puget sound, But you are not permitted to leave I know there's a big world out there like the one i saw on the screen In my living room late last night, It was almost too bright to see And i know that it's not a party if it happens every night Pretending there's glamour and candelabra When you're drinking by candlelight [2 Measures of silence, or Am] [Over no lyrics] What does it take to get a drink in this place? [Over no lyrics] What does it take, how long must i wait? [Over no lyrics] What does it take to get a drink in this place? [Over no lyrics] What does it take, how long must i wait? [Over no lyrics] [Over no lyrics] how long must i wait? [Over no lyrics] [Over no lyrics] [Over no lyrics] [Over no lyrics] [Over no lyrics] [Over no lyrics] ===============================================================================