A Song To Pass The Time - Bright Eyes, ukulele chords

Published: 2012-06-08 16:51
Selection chords: Sofia Davis

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There is a middle-aged woman, sheʼs dragging her feet
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She carries baskets of clothes to a laundromat
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While the Mexican children kick rocks into the street
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And they laugh in a language I donʼt understand
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But I love them... why do I love them?

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So the neighborhoodʼs dimming, I smoke on the porch
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Watch the people as they pass enclosed inside their cars
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And on their faces just anger or disappointment
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I start wishing there was something I could offer them
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A consolation... what could I offer them?

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And they are sad in their suburbs, robots water the lawn
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And everything they touch gets dusted spotless
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And so they start to believe theyʼve not touched anything at all
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And the cars in the driveway only multiply

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They are lost in their houses, Iʼve heard them sing in the shower
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Making speeches to their sister on the telephone
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Saying you come home, you come here, donʼt stay so far away from me
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This weather has me wanting love more tangible
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Something I can hold... itʼs getting cold

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I say hold up our fists to a flame in the sky
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To block out the light thatʼs reaching for our eyes
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ʼCause it... ʼcause it would blind us, yeah it will blind us

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Well Iʼve locked my actions in the grooves of routine
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So I may never be free of this apathy
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But I wait for a letter thatʼs coming to me
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She sends me pictures of the ocean in an envelope

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So there still is hope, yes, I can be healed
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There is someone looking for what Iʼve concealed
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In my secret drawer, in my pockets deep
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You will find the reasons that I canʼt sleep
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And you will still want me... but will you still want me?
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Will you still want me?

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Well, I say come for the week, you can sleep in my bed
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And pass through my life like a dream through my head
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It will... it will be easy, Iʼll make it easy

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But all I have for the moment is a song to pass the time
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A melody to keep me from worrying
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Some simple progression to keep my fingers busy
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And words that are sure to come back to me
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And theyʼll be laughing... and theyʼll be laughing
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My mediocrity
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My mediocrity

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