Silver Jews - Pretty eyes

^GEverybody wants ^Dperspective from a hill ^Ambut everybody's wants ^Gcan't make it ^G/F#past the window sill ^GI can see you in yourt room at night ^Dthe pictures on your walls ^Amlittle forest scenes and high school halloweens but they don't c^Gome to you they don't c^G/F#ome to you at all

^GAll houses dream in blueprints ^Dour house dreams so hard ^AmOutside you can see my shoeprints I've been d^Greaming in yo^G/F#ur yard

^EOne of these days these days will ^Amend ^EThru the kitchen window the ^Amlight will bend ^EYou'll be carving a pumpkin with a ^Amknife ^Ewhen someone at the table says ^G"that's not wh^G/F#at I call a life!"

^GThe elephants are so ashamed of their ^Dsize ^Amhosing down I tell them "you^G got pr^G/F#etty eyes" ^GOut in the backyard I used to ^Dmake like I was a cowboy ^AmI'd set my dog before a hoop and say &^Gquot;now ^G/F#boy, now boy!"

^EWhen the governer's heart fails ^Amthe state bird falls from its branch ^EIcicles on hell's higher ^Amhills ^EMeanwhile back home at the ^Amranch ^EI still get up early in the morning and I ^Gnever knew a ^G/F#better place

^GI believe the stars are the headlights of ^Dangels driving from heaven to save us ^Amto save us Won't you look at the sky? ^GThey're driving from heaven ^G/F#into our eyes ^Gand though final words are so hard to ^Ddevise ^AmI promise that I'll always remember your ^Gpretty eyes ^G/F#your pretty eyes