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Song For The Fireflies Tab

by Josh Ritter


-Song For The Fireflies-
-Josh Ritter-
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Capo 3


After all the lights had died

Out behind the palisades park

Fireflies remembered to do

Exactly what they were supposed to

Memories were like coins that tumbled

Somersaulting through the deep

Down every well we through them in
                                     
Until they came to the top again and out
         
Like the sun
                    
In your hair, in your hair

Every month that ends its spin
Is picked up by the moon for keeping
Clean and safe from accidents
Sheltered from the elements
But June is like an echo
Of the sounds we never made
I swear they find me in my waking hours
Thirty days like poison flowers
The wind in your hair
Like a sigh, like a sigh

With intermittent rain and shine
The sky re-started six or seven times
It's blue because it sees
All our infidelities
We both know that it's been so long
I'm not sure what to say so I hope
Fireflies remember to do
Exactly what it was they used to