The Mute

	  		
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Well, as a child I mostly spoke inside my head 
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I had conversations with the clouds, the dogs, the dead 
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And they thought my broken, that my tongue was coated lead 
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But I just couldn't make my words make sense to them 
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If you only listen with your ears... I can't get in 

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And I spent my evenings pullin' stars out of the sky 
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And I'd arrange them on the lawn where I would lie 
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And in the wind I'd taste the dreams of distant lives 
            D               C                   Em 
And I would dress myself up in them through the night 
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While my folks would sleep in separate beds... and wonder why 

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And through them days I was a ghost atop my chair 
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My dad considered me a cross he had to bear 
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And in my head I'd sing apologies and stare 
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As my mom would hang the clothes across the line 
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And she would try to keep the empty... from her eyes 

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So, then one afternoon I dressed myself alone 
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I packed my pillowcase with everything I owned 
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And in my head I said "goodbye," then I was gone 
      D              C            Em 
And I set out on the heels of the unknown 
      D                  C                 Em 
So my folks could have a new life of their own 
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So that maybe I could find someone 
          D             C              G 
Who could hear the only words that I'd known  

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