A5 C5 F5 C5 A5 Daylight is fading like an awkward smile E5 F5 C5 Sun hides behind the west coast A5 E5 I thought, I thought I knew F5 C5 I had everything figured out A5 E5 F5 C5 'Til night came and I lost my shadow A5 E5 F5 C5 Blended with moonlight and broken glass A5 E5 F5 C5 Ten hours of panic will follow A5 E5 I watch the trees look black F5 C5 My red shirt in is turning grey A5 E5 F5 C5 Strange things just won't stop appearing! E5 Give me day, give me light These days, those days A5 E5 F5 C5 I was taught to bottle my emptiness A5 E5 F5 C5 Deal with my quarter-life angst by painting pictures A5 E5 F5 C5 Tip of my pencil describes what I might have drawn A5 E5 F5 C5 Had my left brain and right hand been in contact E5 Broken section is now, read on D5 G5 C5 A5 Then all at once, the sky started raining D5 G5 C5 Soaked to the bone, stopped! D5 G5 C5 A5 People of nighttime, came out of hiding D5 G5 C5 One of them turned my way D5 G5 She said: "I'd like to tell you C5 A5 Some things I wished I'd known D5 G5 C5 When I was young like you D5 G5 It won't take a second C5 A5 But it could save you years D5 G5 C5 Years passed like seconds out here" Use verse chords here: I was enthralled with the way that She spoke so softly For a lady of her finesse and personal hygiene She had cuts, bruises, scrapes, scratches Hair tangled everywhere She spoke in a way that demanded my attention You're at the top of your game You're in control of your life Pearl of the oyster The cream of the (?) What I would give for that, I hope you never know C5 So live your life! A5 Don't sleep through the night! F5 Life's worth a living! G5 You gotta start living it right! A5 So live your life! C5 Don't sleep through the day! F5 Dreams are for living! G5 You gotta stop letting them die
