D G D G
Shayla worked in a factory.
D G
She wasn't history.
D
She's just a number.
D G
One day she gets her
D G D G D
final pay and she goes far away.
Bm G
Oh o-h oh oh
Bm G D
Oh o-h oh oh oh
D G D G
Green trees call to me.
D G D
I am free but life is so cheap.
D G D G
Scenery is still outside of me.
D G D
All alone, trapped by its beauty.
G A
Shayla turned to run away, to
D
leave in peace and end her stay.
G A
Years of fear were in her way.
D
Lost in space and down she came.
G Em D x2
D G D G D G
Suddenly some subtle entity, some cosmic energy,
D
brushed her like shadows.
D G D G
Down here we stop to wonder.
D G
Cars on the freeway.
D
Bright lights and thunder.
Bm G
Oh o-h oh oh
Bm G
Oh o-h oh oh
Bm G D
Oh o-h oh oh oh
Bm G
Oh o-h oh oh
Bm G
Oh o-h oh oh
Bm G D
Oh o-h oh oh oh
Mick 2002