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[Verse 1]
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Oh make the future small
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Like the painting we saw of St. Francis
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And there was, far away, a background city-
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We only found it with magnifiers and light
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And I do wish the future was like that
        Eb
Don't I know it

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Oh I will not move on

I'll be here on the lawn
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In the same coat I have had
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Although I ask that I could correct
              Ab
Every time of mistake and every regret
            Cm                     Fm   Bb
And there's so much that I haven't yet
        Eb
Don't I know it

[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
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And in the background of St. Francis
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There are rivers, spires, a long way off
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We could not really see them very well
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I want to be beside you
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Through all these things
Ab
Cannot
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I want to keep this future
     Gm   Cm  Gm     Ab
From such closer measure
            Eb
Cannot very well