G
Today is the first day
C
of the rest of my life
Am
I wake as a child
Em
to see the world begin
on monarch wings
Am Em
and birthday wonderings
D
Want to put on faces
Am A7 D
walk in the wet and cold
G Bm Em
and look forward to my growing old
D
To grow old is to change
Em
To change is to be new
Am
To be new is to be young again
C D
I barely remember when
Em Am Em
My memories are stolen by the morning
Em Am Em
Blotted out by the sun's hypnotic eye
Em Em/G B7/D#
? by the sun's hypnotic eye
Em D
G
Today is the first day
C
of the rest of my life
Am
I wake as a child
Em
to see the world begin on monarch wings
Am Em
and birthday wonderings
D
Want to put on faces
Am A7 D
walk in the wet and cold
G Bm Em
and look forward to my growing old