A E F#m7 Our friends on the front porch telling jokes and they swing D Swiftly towards happier times A E F#m7 Expending lines and finding more energy for the effort and D Getting distance from that front porch spotlight A E F#m7 D But us we found peace in shadows long enough to see the monsters rise A E F#m7 Candy's got some space to fill in her daydreams living high on D Yesterday's lie A E F#m7 Talking to me about some 0% interest and how she got a better D Deal than the next guy F#m F#m7M F#m7 F#m6 And the way the lightning shocked us when we were lost and F#m F#m7M F#m7 Looking down that long missouri highway your hair was longer F#m6 D7 Then and now i remember A E F#m7 Oh the roads unencumbered by cats they're burning like wet D Matches thru my miracle mile mind A E F#m7 You left your thumbprint inside me now for months it seems but D Mine only brushes your soft surface A E F#m7 D And somehow it leaves me listless, my tongue curls under my lips Oh yes A E F#m7 D So i cant speak to tell you of the months before i met you F#m F#m7M F#m7 F#m6 F#m F#m7M And the way the truth it locked us right about the time after F#m7 F#m6 The lightning shocked us F#m F#m7M F#m7 F#m6 When we were young and missing F#m F#m7M F#m7 Round that small new england byway our lives they were sheltered F#m6 D7 Then and now i remember A E F#m7 Well its not even being about that anymore i gotta get you down D A Those tiny fragments of perfection they please me in a time E Unchanged when its not the same beginning F#m7 D A Or along awaited end.. if i knew all the words i would write E Myself out of here F#m7 D If i was all the colors i would paint you pretty in gold in a A Picture so i'm told little sister E F#m7 So now i'm sold little sister why don't you tell me about the D Sunsets in sweden and the laws of eden A And how you were the rock of gibraltar and how they called you E Foxy F#m7 D Well that's another whole box of pandoras, that's another whole Box of them ties A E Slide your foot off the gas before we crash right back into the F#m7 D Median A E F#m7 D It separates our house from the middle of the street.. talking About our house A E F#m7 Is on the front porch telling jokes and they swing swiftly D Towards happier times A E F#m7 Expending lines and finding more energy for the effort and D Getting distance from that front porch spotlight A E F#m7 D But us we found peace in shadows long enough to see a monster Die. A E F#m7 We all need to find a little space in our daydreams long enough D And just so long. A E F#m7 Long enough, just as long, just so long as its long enough is it D Long enough? A E F#m7 D Is it long enough for me? long enough for me to chew on. A E F#m7 D If it isn't.. if it is't .. if it is't .. if it ain't if it don't if it can't Then it wont.