Poor Girl A Long Way From Heaven chords by Ezra Furman

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The human
mind is a pile of shit
New life takes root in it
Grows into the most complic
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ated formations
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With stunning colors and
branches reaching up
Toward the heaven that
they long to touch
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Trying to get just a brief audi
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ence with the sun

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Verse 2

They wanna ask the sun to shine down

And warm the pile of shit

they come from

These desperate sprouts

all clustered around

Like a gospel choir with

their arms raised up

Verse 3

Poor girl a long way from heaven

Verse 4
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April 4th, 1993
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God came down to talk with me
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Threw a stone at my window
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to get my attention
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She motioned to me to climb down my wall
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I shook my head, I was afraid to fall
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I was young and I didn't wanna
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trouble my mother
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Verse 5
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And now I am a wretched old crone
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Who swears that God once
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came to her home
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I keep a lone candle burning
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upon my little windowsill
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So she knows I'm home
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Verse 6
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Poor girl a long way from heaven
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Poor girl a long way
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from heaven
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How they'll talk about you
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How they'll spill your blood
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How they'll love you when you're gone for good