Bowl of Oranges chords by Bright Eyes
Verse 1
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The rain it started tappin'
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On the window near my bed
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There was a loophole in my dreamin'
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So I got out of it
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And to my surprise my eyes were wide
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and already open
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Just my nightstand and
my dresser
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Where those nightmares had
just been
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So I dressed myself
Verse 2
and left then
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Out into the gray streets
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But everything seemed different
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And completely new to me
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The sky the trees, houses, buildings,
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even my own body
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And each person I encountered
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I couldn't wait to meet
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An d I came upon a doctor Who appeared
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Verse 3
in quite poor health
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I said there's nothing that I can do
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for you you can't do for yourself
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He said oh yes you can, just hold my hand,
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I think that that would help
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So I sat with him awhile
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Then I asked him how he felt
Verse 4
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He said I think I'm cured
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No, in fact, I'm sure of it
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Thank you, stranger
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For your therapeutic smile
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Verse 5
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So that's how I learned the lesson
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That everyone's alone
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And your eyes must do some raining
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If you're ever gonna grow
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And when crying don't help
You can't compose yourself
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It's best to compose a poem
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An honest verse of longing
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Or a simple song of hope
Verse 6
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That's why I'm singing baby
don't worry
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'Cause now I got your back
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And every time you feel like crying
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I'm gonna try and make you laugh
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And if I can't
If it just hurts too bad
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Then we'll wait for it to pass
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And I will keep you company for
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those days so long and black
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And we'll keep working on
Verse 7
the problem
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We know we'll never solve
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Of love's uneven remainders
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Our lives are fractions of a whole
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But if the world could remain
within a frame
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Like a painting on a wall
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Then I think we'd see
the beauty then
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We'd stand staring in awe
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At our still lives posed
Verse 8
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Like a bowl of oranges
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Like a story told
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By the fault-lines and and the soil
Outro 1
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Bowl of Oranges
Bright Eyes
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