Trees Get Wheeled Away chords by Bright Eyes

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Verse 1
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Anchormen spike their blood,
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wear masks of mud
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Cucumbers cut to fit their eyes
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And so no one would know
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how tired they've grown
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Of talking and telling their lies

Verse 2
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While your TV's change stations,
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scroll messages
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Victims and Christians both
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drinking blood
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And they'll pray for
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the destruction of all hatred
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More often, just those with hate
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for us

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Verse 3

'Cause it hurts when you discover

one's worse and one's better

To suffer or cause others to

And you can live by your conscience,

now guilt is a concept

You're no longer subscribing to

Verse 4
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There's a virgin in my bed
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And she's taking off her dress
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And I'm not sure what I
am gonna do
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Verse 5
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There's a song stuck in my head
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And I can  't help singing it
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Oh, how I hope my singing
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pleases you
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'Cause this is not who I've become but what you make me into
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Verse 6
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Oh, we got no health insurance,
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no cellular service
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No disease, they can't cure
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But we need more money to burn
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So each person must learn the dollar
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amount  they are worth

Verse 7
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And those pills make me dizzy
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forgetting my body
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I watch as it walks away
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And I just keep drinking the poison
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and smoking the cartons
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A pack and a half a day

Verse 8
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So when time comes to claim me
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My friends and my family will gather
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around my grave
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And they'll believe that they knew me
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And loved me and missed me,
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and all call me by my name

Verse 9
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So imagine what you want
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And then hold on to that thought
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'Cause that's as close
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as it will ever come
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Verse 10
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And believe you're where you are
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Keep acting out the part
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But at the end of the day,
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the trees all get wheeled away
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And you'll be standing alone in a blank,
blank space
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Verse 11
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So believe you're who you are
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and stay in character
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But at the end of the play,
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the audience walks away
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And I'll be shivering cold
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on a well lit stage
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