Verse 1EF#BF#
Light struck from the lemon tree
AG#mF#EBC#mB
What if I’d never seen hysterical light from Eugene?
EBF#G#m
Lemon yoghurt, remember I pulled at your shirt
F#E
I dropped the ashtray on the floor
BC#mB
I just wanted to be near you
Verse 2EF#BF#
Emerald Park, wonders never cease
AG#mF#EBC#mB
The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first name
EBF#G#mF#
Like a Father he led community water on my head
E
And he called me “Subaru”
BC#mB
And now I want to be near you
Verse 3BA#m6G#mF#ED#m6F#
Since I was old enough to speak I've said it with alarm
BA#m6G#mF#E
Some part of me was lost in your sleeve
D#m6F#
Where you hid your cigarettes
E
No I’ll never forget
BC#mB
I just want to be near you
Verse 4EF#BF#
Still I pray to what I cannot see
AG#mF#EBC#mB
In the sprinkler I mark the evidence known from the start
EBF#G#mF#m
From the bed near your death, and all the machines that made a mess
E
Far away the falcon flew
BC#mB
Now I want to be near you
Verse 5]
EF#BF#
What’s left is only bittersweet
AG#mF#EBC#mB
For the rest of my life, admitting the best is behind me
EBF#G#mF#
Now I’m drunk and afraid, wishing the world would go away
E
What’s the point of singing songs
BC#mB
If they’ll never even hear you?
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.