Intro: C# G# C# G# C# G# The only girl Iʼve ever loved C# G# Was born with roses in her eyes C# G# But then they buried her alive D# C# One evening Nine-teen-forty-five D# G# With just her sister at her side D# C# And only weeks before the guns D# G# All came and rained on everyone D# C# Now sheʼs a little boy in Spain D# G# Playing pianos filled with flames D# C# On empty rings around the sun D# G# All sing to say my dream has come C# G# But now we must pick up every piece C# G# Of this life we used to love C# G# Just to keep ourselves at least D# Enough to carry on! C# G# And now we ride the circus wheel C# G# With your dark brother wrapped in white C# G# Says it was good to be alive D# C# But now he rides a cometʼs flame D# G# And wonʼt be coming back again D# C# The Earth looks better from a star D# G# Thatʼs right above from where you are D# C# He didnʼt mean to make you cry D# G# With sparks that ring and bullets fly D# C# On empty rings around your heart D# G# 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 C# G# Just to keep ourselves at least D# Enough to carry on! G# A# C C# G# And hereʼs where your mother sleeps G# A# C C# G# D# And here is the room where your brothers were born G# A# C C# G# In-den-tions in the sheets C# G# C# D# Where their bodies once moved but donʼt move anymore C# G# C# G# And itʼs so sad to see the world agree C# G# D# That theyʼd rather see their faces fill with flies C# D# G# All when Iʼd want to keep white roses in their eyes C# G# C# G#
