e|-----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------0------------| G|----------------------0-------0----------| D|------2-----2---2---2-----2-----2--------| A|----2-----2---2---3-----3----------------| E|--0-----0--------------------------------| Intro: verse 1 All eyes look up to me High above the city streets Heed no bullhorn when it calls Watch me fly and die, watch me fall I'm the boy they can't ignore For the first time in my life, I'm sure All the love sent up high to pledge Won't reach the ledge verse 2 Wind blows cold from the west I smell coffee, I smell doughnuts for the brass A girl I knew once years ago Is tryin' to be reached on the phone I'm the boy she can't ignore For the first time in my life, I'm sure All the love sent up high to pledge I'm the boy she can't ignore For the first time in my life, I'm sure All the love sent up high to pledge Interlude: Solo verse 3 Priest kneels silent, all is still Policeman reaches from the sill Watch him try, try his best There'll be no medal pinned to his chest I'm the boy they couldn't ignore For the first time in my life, I'm sure I'm the boy they couldn't ignore For the first time in my life, I'm sure I'm the boy for the last time in my life All the love that they pledge For the last time will not reach the ledge
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