Josh Ritter – Song For The Fireflies (Guitar)

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After all the lights had died

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Out behind the palisades park

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Fireflies remembered to do

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Exactly what they were supposed to

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Memories were like coins that tumbled

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Somersaulting through the deep

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Down every well we threw them in

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Until they came to the top again and out

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Like the sun

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In your hair, in your hair

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Every month that ends its spin

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Is picked up by the moon for keeping

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Clean and safe from accidents

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Sheltered from the elements

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But June is like an echo

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Of the sounds we never made

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I swear they find me in my waking hours

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Thirty days like poison flowers

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The wind in your hair

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Like a sigh, like a sigh

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With intermittent rain and shine

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The sky re-started six or seven times

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It's blue because it sees

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All our infidelities

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We both know that it's been so long

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I'm not sure what to say so I hope

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Fireflies remember to do

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Exactly what it was they used to