Written by Pete Bernhard
Intro: Bm D Em G Verse Bm D Smooth stones have fallen once more out of the sky now like rain Em G I'm outside on the front lawn, getting beaten black and blue again G D Lookin' back now I always preferred, child, my enemies to my friends E G It always just seemed logical, like something constant, upon which you can depend Bm D If my father was an earthquake, now, then my mother was a hurricane E G Me I've got my hands full, walkin' in a straight line, remembering my own nameBm D E G Verse Bm D I heard stories of those city lights as I head out among the trees E G Bows bendin' like a spider web, letting no light in for the eye to see Bm D Fireflies, summer skies, downward pressure of the heat E G I sneak down that gravel at night til your black eye is hotter than the Tennessee concreteBm G I was born in the trees around my home Bled fire out into the arms of the sky Bm Bb Gm The world snapped beneath your feet and every thing that was alive had died E G I was born to a cold wind, take the words out of your mouth, the color out of your eyes Em I just keep what I can carry now, and leave the rest behindBm D E G Bm D E G Verse Bm D Clear to go there's a heavy load, watch the human car castle fall apart Em G I'll tell you right now it's more about the stomach out here than it is about the heart Bm D See a man now playing in a dark cafe with everybody's back turned E G Sometimes we've just gotta put our hands into the fire, to make sure that it still burns Bm D Red light at them downtown bars pours out and puddles in the streets E G I know that some of you out there are starving, but it ain't for lack of something to eatBm Bb G I was born in the trees around my home Bled fire out into the arms of the sky Bm Bb G The world snapped beneath your feet and everything that was alive had died Em G I was born to a cold wind, take the words out of your mouth, the color out of your eyes Em G I just keep what I can carry now and leave the rest behindBm D E G Bm D Em G BmBm Bb I was born in the trees around my home G Bled fire out into the eyes of the sky Bm Bb G The world snapped, beneath your feet and everything that was alive had died E G I was born to a cold wind, take the words out of your mouth, the color out of your eyes Em G Just keep what you can carry now, and leave the rest behind
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