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Bb Eb
We were young like the future We were young and always wrong
Bb Eb
We were young like our country, learning old ways to be young
Bb Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb Bb
Random driving around with you in my dilapidated car
Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb F
like Isadora Duncan II in impossibly long white scarves
played after "scarves" with syncopation:
E---8-----8--8-----8-----8-----8-----8----
B--10-----8-10----11----10-----8----10----
G--10----10-10----10----10----10----10----
D--10----10-10----10----10----10----10----
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
Bb F Cm Eb
Autumn leaves, diaries, Tennessee and Jeremy
Bb F Cm Eb
Suddenly, willow trees, memories of Jeremy.
Bb Eb
Like a Galapagos turtle we grow old and stay that way,
Bb Eb
build a nest in the sand dunes, lay our eggs and walk away
Bb Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb Bb
I was writing our dreams down, making maps of an unseen plane;
Ab Eb Bb Ab Eb F
and I noticed anomalies that you'd rather not see explained.
Bb F Cm Eb
Autumn leaves, diaries, Tennessee and Jeremy
Bb F Cm Eb
Suddenly, willow trees, memories of Jeremy.
Bb F Eb F
We drove, canopy down, in the scalding rain
Bb Ab F
on the one day we were young
Cm F
The house we bought was really a lake
Cm F
Otters scampered down the halls
Cm F Eb
There were whirlpools in the floor and sails
Bb Eb
You're alone and it's over You're alone with your gun
Bb Eb
You're alone From now on you're all alone and you're not young.