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[Verse 1]
D Em
All the way, all the way, all the way to Nashville
G A
we talked about God and the Devil.
D Em
Everyone I know can sense Armageddon,
G D
we want to believe in something, we’re unsettled.
[Pre-Corus]
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My grandfather had a telescope and a magnifying glass,
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through the scope on starry nights we saw forever
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and in the morning Florida sun I burned the grass with my magnifying glass.
[Chorus]
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[Verse 2]
D Em
There’s a reason, there’s a reason that they call it a Hail Mary,
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it’s all or nothing on a prayer.
D Em
On the brink of loss we take our last shot,
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with my shaky faith will you still be there.
[Pre-Corus]
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My grandmother had Apollo mission glasses,
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etched in red white and blue commemoration.
G A
I’m no AWOL patriot because I’ve dodged your party lines,
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I will always love my troubled nation this beautiful land.
[Chorus]
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[Bridge]
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Me and Marsha went walking up in Northern Minnesota
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on a night so freezing cold the earth stood still.
Em A
She talked about the prophecies and the future generations
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and said: "will you keep the faith?"
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I said: "I will, I will, I will".
[Verse 3]
D Em
So we argue and we wrestle and we claim conviction,
G A
but we might as well be flipping coins.
D Em
More would be revealed if we’d adjust the focus
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on the shortest distance between two points.
[Pre-Corus]
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Because these aren’t the best of times and they’re not the worst,
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just like the edge of the Earth is an illusion.
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God bless our brave little hearts and our inherent limitations
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and our short-sighted plans and our collusion.
[End-Chorus]
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