intro: C F Em7 Am7 Fare thee well, my bright star F6 G C/B I watched your taillights blaze into nothingness C F Em7 Am9 But you were long gone before I ever got to you F6 G Am9 Am7 Before you blazed past this address
Dm7 Em F6 G And now I think of having loved and having lost Dm7 Em F6 G You never know what it's like to never love Dm7 Em F6 G Who can say what's better when my heart's become the cost Am7 D G A mere token of a brighter jewel sent from up above C F Em7 Am7 Fare thee well, my bright star F6 G C/B The vanity of youth, the color of your eyes C F Em7 Am9 Maybe if I'd fanned the blazing fire of your day-to-day F6 G Am9 Am7 Or if I'd been older I'd been wise Dm7 Em F6 G Too thick the heat of those long summer evenings Dm7 Em F6 G For a cool evening I began to yearn Dm7 Em F6 G But you could only feed upon the things which feed a fire Am7 D G Waiting to see if I would burn C F Em7 Am7 Fare thee well, my bright star F6 G C/B It was a brief brilliant miracle dive C F Em7 Am9 That which I looked up to and I clung to for dear life F6 G Am9 Am7 Had to burn itself up just to make itself alive Dm7 Em F6 G And I caught you then, in your moment of glory Dm7 Em F6 G Your last dramatic scene against a night sky stage Dm7 Em F6 G With a memory so clear it's as if you're still before me Am7 D G My once in a lifetime star of an age C F Em7 Am7 So fare thee well, my bright star F6 G C/B Last night the tongues of fire circled me around C F Em7 Am9 And this strange season of pain will come to pass F6 G Am9 Am7 When the healing hands of autumn cool me down
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