We Are Real

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 Up the hill past 694, at the 
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stone wall make a left,
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and I will see you soon my friend 
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if these old directions still direct
 (oh yeah)
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If these old directions still 
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direct.
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Is the problem that we can't see 
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or is it that the problem is 
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beautiful to me?
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The birds of Virginia are flying 
within you
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and like background singers they all
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 come in threes.
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And like background singers they 
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all come in threes.

[Pre-chorus]
Dm
Won't soul music change
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now that our souls have turned 
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strange.
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Once a day, twice a day...
Dm
And when on and off collide
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we'll set our souls aside and walk 
away.

[Chorus]
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We've been raised on replicas of 
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fake and winding roads
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and day after day up on this 
beautiful stage
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           Em
we've been playing tambourine for 
minimum wage
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but we are real,
       Em
We are real,
              Am
I know we are real.

[Verse 2]
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Repair is the dream of the broken 
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thing.
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Like a message broadcast on an 
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overpass
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all my favorite singers couldn't 
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sing.
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All my favorite singers couldn't 
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sing.
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My ski vest has buttons like 
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convenience store mirrors
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and they help me see,
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that everything in this room right 
now
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is a part of me.
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is a part of me.

[Pre-chorus]
Dm
Won't soul music change
C                            
now that our souls have turned 
   C7
strange.
F           D7/F#
Once a day, twice a day...
Dm
And when on and off collide
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we'll set our souls aside and walk 
away.

[Chorus]
A            Asus4   A      Dm
Realizing is how it feels inside 
when it happens to you.
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So I took a shot of sugar like snow 
dumped into the blood
    Em
and children wander off into the 
ultra-economic
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but we are real,
       Em
We are real
              Am
I know we are real,
              Em
I know we are real,
              Am               
I know we are real, real, real, 
                    Em
real, real, real, real...
              Am
I know we are real.