Sunlight In A Jar

	  		
Intro: 
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We've never been much chop 
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At all that sensual stuff, 
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One of us always seems to stop 
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Before the other's had enough 
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Like a self-help manual that's been 
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written in Braille It seems 
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the more that we touch The more we 
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learn about our failings 

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I'm struck speechless by the 
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nape of your neck But your 
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requests and suggestions Have a 
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similar effect A 
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litany of prettiness 
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and pettiness, too I reckon 
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every second second We come 
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up with something new 

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I tried to write an opera for us But I 
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didn't get that far 

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'Cause trying to sum you up in song 
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Is like catching sunlight in a jar 

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Complex, completely credible love 
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The kind that is made, not handed to you from above 
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Is difficult to talk about and harder to write 
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Like the rhythm of a pulse, or the contours of firelight 

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Overblown libretto and a sumptuous score 
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Could never contain the contradictions I adore 
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We can just be chaos and then something aligns 
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It's so hard to contain, maintain it or define it 

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I tried to write another Chorus 
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But I didn't get that far 
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'Cause trying to sum you up in song 
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Is like catching sunlight in a jar 

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It's like catching sunlight in a jar 
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sunlight in a jar 
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sunlight in a jar 

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