The Absence Of Birds

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[Verse 1]

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There’s a drum beat
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And a verse
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Flooding my street
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And the girls they seem ecstatic
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This time it’s not on them
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To take the blame for the commotion

[Verse 2]

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In the front seat
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Of the car you left out here
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I’ve spent far too many hours
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Still can’t drive
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Just playing through these tapes
                       Fmaj7
Til it gets light outside

[Chorus 1]

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These are things I shouldn’t do
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Just wish I was close to you
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Instead a block party with neighbours
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These amplified words
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And the absence of birds

[Bridge]

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[Verse 3]

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Roll down the windows
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Not a choice
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Find the endo
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I bet these boys will keep on dancing all night
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For once they’re not the ones being blamed for the commotion

[Verse 4]

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Like the drumbeat
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Like the noise
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Loves the concrete
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I hope this voice while it still lingers
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This song
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Escapes the tape to reach your distant ears where it belongs

[Chorus 2]

                           G  Cmaj7 Am
These are things I shouldn’t say
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These are things I shouldn’t do
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These are things I shouldn’t say
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Just wish I was close to you
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Instead this block party with neighbors
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These amplified words
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And the absence.... of birds

[Outro]

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