Lady Lamb the Beekeeper - Ten

so ^Emeasily ^CI for^Ggot lifting the ^Emsandbox in ^CAriz^Gona and catching the ^Emgeckos and ^Ckeeping ^Gthem as pets in a ^Emhalloween ^Ccandy's ^Gjack-o-lantern their ^Amtails would fall clear from their ^Gbodies and we'd shriek and we'd ^Amrun from them keep on ^Empla^Cyi^Gng ^Empla^Cyi^Gng my ^Emsis^Cte^Gr

^Emshe ^Cis with ^Gme even ^Emwhen we ^Care a^Gpart we were ^Emwading ^Cthrough the ^Gwater flashlights ^Emflickering ^Cin the ^Gdark climbing the ^Amlaundry post in the tomato^G garden spying ^Amon the neighbors^G swimming ^Emlau^Cgh^Ging we were ^Emlau^Cgh^Ging that ^Emnig^Cht^G

in ^EmMaine I met ^Cmy best ^Gfriend ^Emtalking til ^C7am ^{G Em}realizing we were ^Cboth a^Gfraid of the notion of ^Emhaving our ^Cbrains be in the b^Gody of a whale in the ^Amocean deep where the light don't^G reach and I loved him ^Aminstantly I knew we would keep ^Emtal^Cki^Gng ^Emtal^Cki^Gng on that ^Emdri^Cve^G

^Emup the ^Cwinding ^Gmountain roads from ^EmHudson ^Cto Ver^Gmont in the season's first ^Emsnow, the boys a^Csleep in the b^Gack of the car ^Emwe were in the ^Cfront we were s^Ginging along to every ^Amword of the songs that helped make us ^Gwho we are at the ^Amtop of our lungs ^Emsin^Cgi^Gng ^Emsin^Cgi^Gng my ^Emmot^Che^Gr

my ^Emmother she ^Ckeeps a ^Gjournal of her ^Emchildhood ^Cmemo^Gries as they return my ^Emfavorite's the ^Cstory re^Gcounting when she saw an ^Emeagle with a ^Cfish in its ^Gmouth she was ^Emten and she ^Cwrote it dow^Gn there's a ^Emsweetness in ^Cus that lives ^Glong past the dust on our ^Emeyes once our ^Ceyes finally ^Gclose