Intro: G C 

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Well, as a child I mostly spoke inside my head
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I had conversations with the clouds, the dogs, the dead
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And they thought my broken, that my tongue was coated lead
           D                C                   Em
But I just couldn't make my words make sense to them
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If you only listen with your ears... I can't get in

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And I spent my evenings pullin' stars out of the sky
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And I'd arrange them on the lawn where I would lie
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And in the wind I'd taste the dreams of distant lives
            D               C                   Em
And I would dress myself up in them through the night
         D                    C                           G
While my folks would sleep in separate beds... and wonder why

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And through them days I was a ghost atop my chair
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My dad considered me a cross he had to bear
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And in my head I'd sing apologies and stare
      D                  C                  Em
As my mom would hang the clothes across the line
              D               C                 G
And she would try to keep the empty... from her eyes

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So, then one afternoon I dressed myself alone
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I packed my pillowcase with everything I owned
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And in my head I said "goodbye," then I was gone
      D              C            Em
And I set out on the heels of the unknown
      D                  C                 Em
So my folks could have a new life of their own
        D             C
So that maybe I could find someone
          D             C              G
Who could hear the only words that I'd known 

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