Intro: C5 Muted strumming during "One... Two..." C5 G5 The only girl I've ever loved C5 G5 Was born with roses in her eyes C5 G5 But then they buried her alive D5 C5 One evening 1945 D5 G5 With just her sister at her side D5 C5 And only weeks before the guns D5 G5 All came and rained on everyone D5 C5 Now she's a little boy in Spain D5 G5 Playing pianos filled with flames D5 C5 On empty rings around the sun D5 G5 All sing to say my dream has come C5 G5 But now we must pick up every piece C5 G5 Of the life we used to love C5 G5 Just to keep ourselves C5 D5 At least enough to carry on Same as Verse 1: And now we ride the circus wheel With your dark brother wrapped in white Says it was good to be alive But now he rides a comet's flame And won't be coming back again The Earth looks better from a star That's right above from where you are He didn't mean to make you cry With sparks that ring and bullets fly On empty rings around your heart The world just screams and falls apart C5 G5 But now we must pick up every piece C5 G5 Of the life we used to love C5 G5 Just to keep ourselves C5 D5 At least enough to carry on C5 G5 And here's where your mother sleeps C5 G5 D5 And here is the room where your brothers were born C5 G5 Indentions in the sheets C5 G5 D5 Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore C5 G5 C5 G5 And it's so sad to see the world agree C5 D5 That they'd rather see their faces fill with flies C5 D5 G5 All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes Play C, G repeating until the end
