E B C#m7 Our friends on the front porch telling jokes and they swing A Swiftly towards happier times E B C#m7 Expending lines and finding more energy for the effort and A Getting distance from that front porch spotlight E B C#m7 A But us we found peace in shadows long enough to see the monsters rise E B C#m7 Candy's got some space to fill in her daydreams living high on A Yesterday's lie E B C#m7 Talking to me about some 0% interest and how she got a better A Deal than the next guy C#m C#m7M C#m7 C#m6 And the way the lightning shocked us when we were lost and C#m C#m7M C#m7 Looking down that long missouri highway your hair was longer C#m6 A7 Then and now i remember E B C#m7 Oh the roads unencumbered by cats they're burning like wet A Matches thru my miracle mile mind E B C#m7 You left your thumbprint inside me now for months it seems but A Mine only brushes your soft surface E B C#m7 A And somehow it leaves me listless, my tongue curls under my lips Oh yes E B C#m7 A So i cant speak to tell you of the months before i met you C#m C#m7M C#m7 C#m6 C#m C#m7M And the way the truth it locked us right about the time after C#m7 C#m6 The lightning shocked us C#m C#m7M C#m7 C#m6 When we were young and missing C#m C#m7M C#m7 Round that small new england byway our lives they were sheltered C#m6 A7 Then and now i remember E B C#m7 Well its not even being about that anymore i gotta get you down A E Those tiny fragments of perfection they please me in a time B Unchanged when its not the same beginning C#m7 A E Or along awaited end.. if i knew all the words i would write B Myself out of here C#m7 A If i was all the colors i would paint you pretty in gold in a E Picture so i'm told little sister B C#m7 So now i'm sold little sister why don't you tell me about the A Sunsets in sweden and the laws of eden E And how you were the rock of gibraltar and how they called you B Foxy C#m7 A Well that's another whole box of pandoras, that's another whole Box of them ties E B Slide your foot off the gas before we crash right back into the C#m7 A Median E B C#m7 A It separates our house from the middle of the street.. talking About our house E B C#m7 Is on the front porch telling jokes and they swing swiftly A Towards happier times E B C#m7 Expending lines and finding more energy for the effort and A Getting distance from that front porch spotlight E B C#m7 A But us we found peace in shadows long enough to see a monster Die. E B C#m7 We all need to find a little space in our daydreams long enough A And just so long. E B C#m7 Long enough, just as long, just so long as its long enough is it A Long enough? E B C#m7 A Is it long enough for me? long enough for me to chew on. E B C#m7 A 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.