Sunlight In A Jar

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We've never been much chop
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At all that sensual stuff,
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One of us always seems to stop
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Before the other's had enough
D
Like a self-help manual that's been
A
written in Braille It seems
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the more that we touch The more we
G
learn about our failings


D
I'm struck speechless by the
A
nape of your neck But your
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requests and suggestions Have a
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similar effect A
D
litany of prettiness
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and pettiness, too I reckon
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every second second We come
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up with something new


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I tried to write an opera for us But
 I
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didn't get that far

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'Cause trying to sum you up in song
     G

        Em              G         
Is like catching sunlight in a jar
     F#  Em


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D                                 A
Complex, completely credible love
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The kind that is made, not handed 
                     G
to you from above
   D                          
Is difficult to talk about and 
          A
harder to write
   F#                              
Like the rhythm of a pulse, or the 
             G
contours of firelight


D                                 
Overblown libretto and a sumptuous
      A
 score
F#                    
Could never contain the 
          G
contradictions I adore
D                           
We can just be chaos and then 
                     A
something aligns
        F#                         
It's so hard to contain, maintain 
                  G                
it or define it
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D                        G       
I tried to write another chorus
      Em

        D       F#  D   Em   D
But I didn't get that far
                          F#       
'Cause trying to sum you up in song
     G      Em

                            D      
Is like catching sunlight in a jar
     F#   Em


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                        D          
It's like catching sunlight in a 
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jar
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sunlight in a jar
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sunlight in a jar