D            A
Here at home in this steeple
        D                       G
Made of chrome, above a city of steel
            D         A
I've chosen bats over people
       D                  G                  D     A
'Cos I never did like the way humans made me feel

       D                   A
So we sleep all day and we rise at night
       D                                  G
And we spread our wings and take into the skies
             D                   A
And when the people all stop and stare
         D                      G
And say, "Why you gotta be like that?"
       D                        A                         D      A
I just look them in the eye and tell them I was raised by bats

           D            A
When I was young, I was feeble
       D                         G
And it stung when they pushed me down
         D              A
I was so hated by these people
       D             A                                  D     A
That I knew I had to do what I could to get out of that town

     D                A
So I ran away to this sacred place
        D                            G
And was taken in by creatures of the night
              D                  A
Now when the people all stop and stare
         D                         G
And say, "Why you gotta dress like that?"
       D                        A                         D
I just look them in the eye and tell them I was raised by bats
         D                   A
When the people all stop and stare
         D                      G
And say, "Why you gotta be like that?"
       D                        A                         D     A
I just look them in the eye and tell them I was raised by bats

D                    A
Those dark days seem far away
     G          A
I've risen to a better place
   D              A                  G
So do like me, follow the dream like that
     D                   A                      D
Just throw your old life away and get raised by bats


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      D                    A
So we sleep all day and we rise at night
       D                                  G
And we spread our wings and take into the skies
         D                     A
We do it all our way, live our lives like that
             D                                  G
'Cos there's no one here to fill our heads with lies

             D                   A
And when the people all stop and stare
         D                      G
And say, "Why you gotta be like that?"
         D                   A
When the people all stop and stare
         D                         G
And say, "Why you gotta dress like that?"
         D                   A
When the people all stop and stare
         D                      G
And say, "Why you gotta be like that?"
       D                           A
I just punch them in the eye and I bite them on the thigh
      D                              G
And I kick them in the ass where the sun don't shine
  D                        A                         D     A
I look them in the eye and tell them I was raised by bats
       D                        A                         D
I just look them in the eye and tell them I was raised by bats
                G
I was raised by bats
             A  D
I was raised by bats


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