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C F On a Wednesday I stumbled in G C To a side street café C F Where a cowboy is singing G C To a crowd of older age C They tapped their Velcro F G Feet on the floor C Half a beat - delayed C F G C Sippin' their sweet lemonade C F G C Sippin' their sweet lemonade C F Then suddenly I'm a girl of three G C Not much older C F G I learned to carry the weight of the world C On my shoulders C F Wanna give it back, give it back G Happily C F This weight was not meant G C For you and me C F This weight was not meant G C For you and me Am Woven threads in a tapestry C Of delightful mystery Am Pieced together by wrinkled hands of time C The colors sometimes bleed Am Against sun-bleached walls the quilt C She speaks a patchwork symphony F G We are here, we are simply here to be G C Oh-ho oh C F He says innocence is the best defense G C For a heart that's been broken C F She lets herself be still and soft G C She is cracked open C F Wants to hold his hand, hold his hand G C Let herself be seen C F There's space in between G C Where they'll meet C F There's space in between G C Where they'll meet C F Sitting slumped amidst the Sunday swamp G C of family C F They send him off with snapshots G C To the Army C F Wanna take him back, take him back G C Courageously C F This war was not meant G C For boys of nineteen C F This war was not meant G C For you and me Am Woven threads in a tapestry C Of delightful mystery Am Pieced together by wrinkled hands of time C The colors sometimes bleed Am Against sun-bleached walls the quilt C She speaks a patchwork symphony F G We are here, we are simply here to be G C Oh-ho oh C F On a Wednesday I stumble in G C To a side street café C F Where a cowboy is singing G C To a crowd of older age C We tapped their Velcro F G Feet on the floor C Half a beat - delayed C F G C Sippin' our sweet lemonade C F G C Sippin' our sweet lemonade C We'll be sippin' F G C Our sweet lemon-a-a-a-ade