Am C F C Am Daylight is fading like an awkward smile E F C Sun hides behind the west coast Am E I thought, I thought I knew F C I had everything figured out Am E F C 'Til night came and I lost my shadow Am E F C Blended with moonlight and broken glass Am E F C Ten hours of panic will follow Am E I watch the trees look black F C My red shirt in is turning grey Am E F C Strange things just won't stop appearing! E Give me day, give me light These days, those days Am E F C I was taught to bottle my emptiness Am E F C Deal with my quarter-life angst by painting pictures Am E F C Tip of my pencil describes what I might have drawn Am E F C Had my left brain and right hand been in contact E Broken section is now, read on Dm G C Am Then all at once, the sky started raining Dm G C Soaked to the bone, stopped! Dm G C Am People of nighttime, came out of hiding Dm G C One of them turned my way Dm G She said: "I'd like to tell you C Am Some things I wished I'd known Dm G C When I was young like you Dm G It won't take a second C Am But it could save you years Dm G C Years passed like seconds out here" Use verse chords here: I was enthralled with the way that She spoke so softly For a lady of her finesse and personal hygiene She had cuts, bruises, scrapes, scratches Hair tangled everywhere She spoke in a way that demanded my attention You're at the top of your game You're in control of your life Pearl of the oyster The cream of the (?) What I would give for that, I hope you never know C So live your life! Am Don't sleep through the night! F Life's worth a living! G You gotta start living it right! Am So live your life! C Don't sleep through the day! F Dreams are for living! G You gotta stop letting them die