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The only girl I've ever loved
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Was born with roses in her eyes
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But then they buried her alive 
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One evening 1945
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With just her sister at her side 
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And only weeks before the guns 
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All came and rained on everyone 
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Now she's a little boy in Spain 
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Playing pianos filled with flames
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On empty rings around the sun
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All sing to say my dream has come
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But now we must pick up every piece
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Of the life we used to love 
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Just to keep ourselves
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At least enough to carry on
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And now we ride the circus wheel
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With your dark brother wrapped in white
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Says it was good to be alive
            D
But now he rides a comet's flame 


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And won't be coming back again
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The Earth looks better from a star
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That's right above from where you are 
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He didn't mean to make you cry 
                  D                  G
With sparks that ring and bullets fly 
            D                  C
On empty rings around your heart
                  D                  C
The world just screams and falls apart 
                  C                  G
But now we must pick up every piece
      C                  G      
Of the life we used to love
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Just to keep ourselves
G            D
At least enough to carry on


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And here's where your mother sleeps
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And here is the room where your brothers were born
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Indentions in the sheets 
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Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore
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And it's so sad to see the world agree 
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That they'd rather see their faces fill with flies
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All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes