10 . 100 , 000 fireflies

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i have a mandolin .

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i play it all night long .

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it makes me want to kill myself .

i also have a dobro
made in some mountain range
sounds like a mountain range in love

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but when i turn up the tone on my electric guitar

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i’m afraid of the dark without you close to me .

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i went out to the forest and caught

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a hundred thousand fireflies .

B E B
as they ricochet round the room

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they remind me of your starry eyes .

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someone else’s might not have made me so sad

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but this is the worst night i ever had ,

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’cause i’m afraid of the dark without you close to me .

( bridge ) : B F# B F# E F# E F#

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you won’t be happy with me ,
but give me one more chance
you won’t be happy anyway .
why do we still live here
in this repulsive town?
all our friends are in new york .
why do we keep shrieking ,
when we mean soft things?
we should be whispering all the time . . .