Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945

^Cadd9The only girl I've ever ^Gloved ^Cadd9Was born with roses in her ^Geyes ^Cadd9But then they buried her ^Galive One evening ^D1945 ^Cadd9With just her ^Dsister at her ^Gside And only ^Dweeks before the ^Cadd9guns All came and ^Drained on ^Geveryone Now she's a ^Dlittle boy in ^Cadd9Spain Playing ^Dpianos filled with ^Gflames On empty ^Drings around the ^Cadd9sun All sing to ^Dsay my dream has ^Cadd9come ^G

But now we must ^Cadd9pick up every ^Gpiece Of the ^Cadd9life we used to ^Glove Just to ^Cadd9keep ourselves At ^Gleast enough to carry ^Don

^Cadd9And now we ride the circus ^Gwheel ^Cadd9With your dark brother wrapped in ^Gwhite ^Cadd9Says it was good to be ^Galive But now he ^Drides a comet's ^Cadd9flame He won't be ^Dcoming back ^Gagain The earth looks ^Dbetter from a ^Cadd9star That's right a^Dbove from where you ^Gare He didn't ^Dmean to make you ^Cadd9cry With sparks that ^Dring and bullets ^Gfly On empty ^Drings around your ^Cadd9heart The world just ^Dscreams and falls ^Cadd9apart ^G

But now we must ^Cadd9pick up every ^Gpiece Of the ^Cadd9life we used to ^Glove Just to ^Cadd9keep ourselves At l^Geast enough to carry ^Don

And here's where your ^Cadd9mother ^Gsleeps And here is the ^Cadd9room where your ^Gbrothers were ^Dborn Indentions ^Cadd9in the ^Gsheets Where their bodies once ^Cadd9moved but don't ^Gmove any^Dmore And it's so ^Cadd9sad to ^Gsee the ^Cadd9world ^Gagree That they'd ^Cadd9rather see their ^Gfaces fill with ^Dflies All when I'd ^Cadd9want to keep wine and ^Droses in their ^Geyes