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Introduction: G C F G C F
G C
You would not believe your eyes
F G C F
If ten million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep
G C
'Cause they'd fill the open air
F
and leave teardrops everywhere
G C F
you'd think me rude but I'd just stand and stare
F C G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
that planet Earth turns slowly
F C F G Am
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
F C D
'Cause everything is never as it seems
G C F
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs
G C F
as they tried to teach me how to dance
G C
A foxtrot above my head
F
a sockhop beneath my bed
G C F
a disco ball is just hanging by a thread
F Am G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
that planet Earth turns slowly
F C F G Am
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
F C G
'Cause everything is never as it seems
F
When I fall asleep
G C F
leave my door open just a crack
(please take me away from here)
G C F
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac
(please take me away from here)
G C F
why do I tire of counting sheep
(please take me away from here)
G C F
when I'm far too tired to fall asleep
G C
To ten million fireflies
F
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
G C F
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
G C
but I'll know where several are
F
if my dreams get real bizarre
G C F
'cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar
F Am G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
that planet Earth turns slowly
F C F G Am
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
F C D
'Cause everything is never as it seems
F
When I fall asleep
F Am G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
that planet Earth turns slowly
F C F G Am
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
F C G
'Cause everything is never as it seems
F
When I fall asleep
F Am G
I'd like to make myself believe
F C Em F
that planet Earth turns slowly
F C F G Am
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep
F C G
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams...