Misc Unsigned Bands - Mike lisi - surplus time

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I'^Cve yet to see much evidence N I remain a little unconvinced My b^Amest is really good enough, or ^Bmif it's good at all

Co^Clors come and colors go N My portrait isn't much to show I'm n^Amot the most notable piece that's ^Dhanging on the ^Ewall

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^CGather children, have no fear N The pyramids we've piled here Some d^Amay far from now will be ^Bmcovered up in moss

I ^Ctread upon this barren ground N There's not an echo to be found Through this ^Amcavernous world I wander, and ^Drest assured I'm ^Elost. I'm not ^Clooking for an exit, I'm not ^Glooking for an ^Amanswer I'm ^Amlooking for a ^Dspot to plant my ^Gflag

Maybe on a ^Chill that's covered in lavender Where ^Aold family pets have been buried We ^Fswipe at the passing pigeons to catch and ^GmRelease with letters home to carry Where ^Cnobody's ever that hesitant To ^Asplit a cab with a stranger Where those ^Forcas and orangutans were ^Gmnever in any danger Mos^Cquitos suck out your cholesterol ^ABeavers build homes for the homeless Where ^Fkids don't play with matches And ad^Gmults don't play with politics We ^Cform our futures from paper machete And ^Achange them as we see fit your ^Fsurplus time is stored away for ^Gmwhen you really need it Where ^Chate tastes like god damn cherries And we've ^Aalready ate it all gone ^CPeople will pass and ^Ftears will be shed ^Cbut we mop up and then we ^Gmmove on

Listen closely because there are ^Cechoes N Am of the long lost folk who cared C N Am Every one of us is a dot, in the line, on the map That's gradually leading us ^Bmthere So next time you're crippled and ^Cbitter N Am And you feel unbearably alone C N Am It seems like the walls are closing in, Maybe it's only cause ^Fyou ^Gmhave ^Cgrown