C G Am7 Our friends on the front porch telling jokes and they swing F Swiftly towards happier times C G Am7 Expending lines and finding more energy for the effort and F Getting distance from that front porch spotlight C G Am7 F But us we found peace in shadows long enough to see the monsters rise C G Am7 Candy's got some space to fill in her daydreams living high on F Yesterday's lie C G Am7 Talking to me about some 0% interest and how she got a better F Deal than the next guy Am Am7M Am7 Am6 And the way the lightning shocked us when we were lost and Am Am7M Am7 Looking down that long missouri highway your hair was longer Am6 F7 Then and now i remember C G Am7 Oh the roads unencumbered by cats they're burning like wet F Matches thru my miracle mile mind C G Am7 You left your thumbprint inside me now for months it seems but F Mine only brushes your soft surface C G Am7 F And somehow it leaves me listless, my tongue curls under my lips Oh yes C G Am7 F So i cant speak to tell you of the months before i met you Am Am7M Am7 Am6 Am Am7M And the way the truth it locked us right about the time after Am7 Am6 The lightning shocked us Am Am7M Am7 Am6 When we were young and missing Am Am7M Am7 Round that small new england byway our lives they were sheltered Am6 F7 Then and now i remember C G Am7 Well its not even being about that anymore i gotta get you down F C Those tiny fragments of perfection they please me in a time G Unchanged when its not the same beginning Am7 F C Or along awaited end.. if i knew all the words i would write G Myself out of here Am7 F If i was all the colors i would paint you pretty in gold in a C Picture so i'm told little sister G Am7 So now i'm sold little sister why don't you tell me about the F Sunsets in sweden and the laws of eden C And how you were the rock of gibraltar and how they called you G Foxy Am7 F Well that's another whole box of pandoras, that's another whole Box of them ties C G Slide your foot off the gas before we crash right back into the Am7 F Median C G Am7 F It separates our house from the middle of the street.. talking About our house C G Am7 Is on the front porch telling jokes and they swing swiftly F Towards happier times C G Am7 Expending lines and finding more energy for the effort and F Getting distance from that front porch spotlight C G Am7 F But us we found peace in shadows long enough to see a monster Die. C G Am7 We all need to find a little space in our daydreams long enough F And just so long. C G Am7 Long enough, just as long, just so long as its long enough is it F Long enough? C G Am7 F Is it long enough for me? long enough for me to chew on. C G Am7 F 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.