Fireflies (video)

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1. You would not believe your eyes if ten million fireflies

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lit up the world as I fell asleep.

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'Cause they'd fill the open air and leave teardrops everywhere,

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you'd think me rude but I would just stand and stare.

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I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly,

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it’s hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,

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'cause everything is never as it seems.

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2. 'Cause I’d get a thousand hugs from ten thousand lightning bugs,

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as they tried to teach me how to dance.

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A foxtrot above my head a sock hop beneath my bed,

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a disco ball is just hanging by a thread.

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I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly,

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it’s hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,

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'cause everything is never as it seems, when I fall asleep.

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Leave my door open just a crack (please take me away from here),

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'cause I feel like such an insomniac (please take me away from here).

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Why do I tire of counting sheep (please take me away from here),

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when I'm far too tired to fall asleep. - - -

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4. To ten million fireflies I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes,

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I got misty eyes as they said farewell.

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But I’ll know where several are, if my dreams get real bizarre,

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'cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar.

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I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly,

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it’s hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,

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'cause everything is never as it seems, when I fall asleep.

F Am G F C Em F

I'd like to make myself believe 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,

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'cause everything is never as it seems, when I fall asleep.

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I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns slowly,

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it’s hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,

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because my dreams are bursting at the seams.

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Owl City)