Sleeping At Last - Next to me

^COh, our futures were written with crayons in coloring books ^{Em F}It was misspelled and outside the lines and we loved how it looke^Cd ^CLike the crooked hem of your favorite childhood dress^Em And the ^Fholes in my jeans from years of careless^Cness I kno^Fw since we've grown, we ache for those memories ^Am Hone^Fstly, nothing's even compared to you next to^C me, nex^Emt to me ^C

^CWhen the words came to you for the first time, you knew you were hooked^Em And the ^Fpride that you felt at the last page of your first b^Cook ^CAnd the bravery I forced when I sang to an audience of th^Emree Well, it ^Ftook a million wrong notes just to find a single melody a^Cnd key I know ^Fsince we've grown we plea for cl^Amarity Honestly^F, nothing's ever made sense til you were ne^Cxt to me, next ^Emto me

^FIf tim^Dme is money^C, then I'll spend ^Emit all for you ^FI will b^Dmuy you flowers w^Cith the minu^Emtes we outgrew ^FI'll turn ^Dmhours into garde^Cns, planted just f^Emor us to take ^FI'll be re^Dmckless with my days^C, building castles in your name

^FSince we've grown, we long for ^Amconcrete things ^FHonestly, nothing's felt so sure than when you were next ^Cto me, next to m^Eme

^CSo lets cut down the red tape and gather up the pieces of our yout^Emh Cause there's no^Fthing in this world we can't fix with some scissors and glue