Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945

^FThe only girl I've ever l^Coved ^FWas born with roses in her ^Ceyes ^FBut then they buried her a^Clive One evening ^GNine-teen-forty-f^Five With just her ^Gsister at her s^Cide And only ^Gweeks before the g^Funs All came and ^Grained on every^Cone Now she's a ^Glittle boy in S^Fpain Playing pi^Ganos filled with f^Clames On empty ^Grings around the ^Fsun All sing to ^Gsay my dream has ^Ccome

But now we must ^Fpick up every ^Cpiece Of this ^Flife we used to ^Clove Just to ^Fkeep ourselves at ^Cleast Enough to carry ^Gon!

^FAnd now we ride the circus ^Cwheel ^FWith your dark brother wrapped in ^Cwhite ^FSays it was good to be a^Clive But now he ^Grides a comet's ^Fflame And won't be c^Goming back a^Cgain The Earth looks ^Gbetter from a ^Fstar That's right a^Gbove from where you ^Care He didn't m^Gean to make you ^Fcry With sparks that ^Gring and bullets ^Cfly On empty ^Grings around your ^Fheart The world just ^Gscreams and falls ^Capart

But now we must ^Fpick up every ^Cpiece Of the ^Flife we used to ^Clove Just to ^Fkeep ourselves at l^Ceast Enough to carry ^Gon!

An^Cd her^De's whe^Ere you^Fr mother ^Csleeps An^Cd he^Dre ^Eis the ^Froom where your ^Cbrothers were ^Gborn ^CIn-^Dden-^Etions ^Fin the s^Cheets Where their ^Fbodies once m^Coved but don't ^Fmove any^Gmore And it's so ^Fsad to ^Csee the ^Fworld a^Cgree That they'd ^Frather see their ^Cfaces fill with f^Glies All when I'd ^Fwant to keep white ^Groses in their e^Cyes