C
The rain had started tapping
G
On the window near my bed
F
There was a loop hole in my dreaming
G
So I got out of it
Am F
And to my surprise my eyes were wide and already open
D7
Just my nightstand and my dresser
G
Where those nightmares had just been
C
So I dressed myself and left then
G
Out into the grey streets
F
But everything seemed different
G
And completely new me
Am F
The sky, the trees, houses, buildings, even my own body
D7
And each person I encountered,
G
I couldn't wait to meet
C
And I came upon a doctor
G
Who appeared in quite poor health
F
I said, “there's nothing I can do for you,
G
You can't do for yourself"
Am
He said, "oh yes you can, just hold my hand,
F
I think that that would help"
D7
So I sat with him a while
G
And I asked him how he felt
F Am F Am
He said, "I think I'm cured, no in fact I'm sure of it
F Am G
Thank you stranger, for your therapeutic smile."
C
So that's how I learned the lesson
G
That everyone's alone
F
And your eyes must do some raining
G
If you're ever gonna grow
Am
When crying don't help you can't compose yourself
F
It's best to compose a poem
D7 G
An honest verse of longing, or a simple song of hope
C
That's why I'm singing, baby, don't worry
G
Cause now I've got you back
F
And every time you feel like crying
G
I'm gonna try to make you laugh
Am F
And if I can't, if it just hurts too bad, then we'll wait for it to pass
D7
And I will keep you company
G
Through those days so long and black
C
We'll keep working on the problem
G
We know we'll never solve
F
Of love's uneven remainders
G
There lies fractions of a whole
Am
But if the world could remain within a frame
F
Like a painting on a wall
D7
Then I think we'd see the beauty then
G
And stand staring in awe
F Am F Am
At our still lives posed, like a bowl of oranges
F Am G
Like a story told, by the fault lines and the soul