F C Bb F
I can feel a difference.
C Bb F
Today, a difference:
F C Bb F
all of us, in our tents,
C Bb F
fearing god like a mistress.
F C Bb F
We lay on the rocks, in the sun,
C Bb F
watching you and your mama row in,
F C
I sat up and blinked,
Bb F
when you appeared,
C Bb F
so pale you were nearly clear!
F C Bb F
Later, I stumbled to my bed,
C Bb F
all alone in the branches.
F C
I laid in the dark,
Bb F C
thinking about all of my friends,
Bb F
and their changes.
[Pre chorus]
Am Dm
And I do not know
Bb G Bb F
if you know just what you have done.
Am Dm
You are the sweetest one
Bb G Bb F
I have ever laid my eyes upon.
[Chorus]
F C
It's a beautiful town,
Dm Bb
with the rain coming down.
G Eb
Blackberry, rosemary,
Bb F
jimmy-crack-corn.
F C
You've got the run of the place,
Dm Bb
now that you're running around;
F
and may kindness,
Eb Bb F
kindness, kindness abound.
[Verse]
F C Bb F
In this hour of our lives —
C Bb F
hour of effortless plenty —
F
how do we know
C Bb F
which parts of our hearts want what,
C Bb F
with such base generosity?
F C Bb
Taking so many photographs —
F
so amazed! —
C Bb F
we've never seen a baby so newlyborn.
F C Bb
And, when the bulbs do flash,
F
as bright as morning,
C Bb
the crowd keeps on gathering
F
like an electric storm.
[Pre Chorus]
F C
The phantom of love
Dm Bb
moves among us at will.
G Eb
Each phantom-limb lost,
Bb F
has got an angel
F C
(so confused,
Dm Bb
like the wagging bobbed-tail
C
of a bulldog):
Bb F
kindness, kindness prevails.
[Chorus]
F C
Kindness prevails!
Bb F C
Ties and rails, ties and rails fall into line,
Bb F
bearing kindness.
F C Bb
Where will you go, if not here?
F C
What will you say,
Bb F
when you write to us?
[Bridge]
F C Bb
And this is a world of terrible hardship,
F
everywhere,
C
and I search for words
Bb F
to set you at ease.
F C
But there, in the looking-glass,
Bb
a kite is soaring,
F C
stilling my warring heart
Bb F
and my trembling knees.
F C
Clean as a breeze,
Bb F
bright as the day:
C Bb F
all of the people gather to say:
[Outro]
C Bb F
"Sweet Esme! Sweet Esme!
C Bb F
Oh, oh, oh!"
F C Dm Bb
I believe love will always surround you —
G Eb
brave as a bear,
Bb F
with a heart rare and true.
C
But if you are scared,
Dm Bb
if you are blue,
G Eb Bb F
I have prepared this small song for you:
F G Bb F
Sweet Esme! Sweet Esme!
Bb F
Oh, oh, oh!
F G Bb F
Sweet Esme! Sweet Esme!
Bb F
Oh, oh, oh!
F G Bb F
Sweet Esme! Sweet Esme!
Bb F
Oh, oh, oh!
