Plsy along at: https://youtu.be/TG1RUmkC4h8 Neil Sedaka [Intro] e|--3--0-----------0--|--3--0-----------0-----------0--|-----------| B|--1-----1-----1-----|--0-----1-----1-----1--1-----1--|-----------| G|--0-----2--2--------|--0-----0--2--------2--2--2--0--|-----------| D|--2-----3--3--------|--2-----2--3--------0--3-----2--|-----------| A|--3-----3--3--------|--3-----3--3-----------3-----3--|--2--0-----| E|------------|------------1--------3--|--------3--| [Verse] Nothing is real in cardboard California Just waking up brings you down One lousy deal is cardboard California You just can’t survive in a make-believe town       [Verse] Lost in a city of little tin gods Cold plastic people with phony facades How can you win when you look at the odds [Chorus] You’re running down a   one way street Nobody cares if  you sur vive Sometimes you beg or you don’t eat You  gotta fight to stay a   live Hey         you’re never gonna get away     [Verse] Where’s the world you used to know     Where did all the good times go     Look     around your hopes and dreams are gone But like a fool you still keep hanging on hanging on [Instruental]    [Verse] Come and be a movie star         Come and drive a fancy car     Come and see                              what  you really are           [Verse] Look in the mirror mirrors don’t lie You’re getting older your time’s past you by You lost your shot to some younger guy [Chorus] You’re running down a   one way street Nobody cares if  you sur vive   Sometimes you beg or you don’t eat You  gotta fight to stay a  live Hey         you’re never gonna get away     [Outro] e|------------| B|--1--0------------1--| G|--0--0--2--0--------0--| D|--2--2--3--2--2--0--2--| A|--3--3--3--3--3--2--3--| E|--------0--3--3--3-----| Nothing is real in cardboard California Just waking up brings you down One lousy deal is cardboard California You just can’t survive in a make-believe town