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EmAny way I look at it
I stDill don't see the full of it
The whCole thing's built in parts
When we're attBmached we have our little bits
And sAmome of them still linger in the auDtumn
You like your sumAmmers hot
When I get cold I lDike to have a winter then
EmMany happy people woke and crDied
You wCake up on that snowy day when Bmno one is prepared for it
When the liAmttle boys got employed by the poDwder
They get their twAmenty dollars frozen on a coDunter
CAhhhh, what weDre we singing?
CAhhhh, I cDan't believe this goodAmbye
AmMy choice to be thDere on time
It's Amnot my choice to be thDere on time
It's Amnot my choice to be thDere on time
It's Amnot my choice to be thDere on time ahhhh ahhhhhAmahh
I can't let it Dgo
And the tBmhing about beDing aAmpart
Is you jCust let life gBmive you deAmnial
It's Emnot like you're giDven these feAmelings
all jBmust set adAmrift in the mGindEm  
And the tBmhing about beDing aAmpart
Is you jCust let life gBmive you deAmnial
It's Emnot like you're giDven these feAmelings
all jBmust set adAmrift like a kGite
But is your fAmicus fine, did you give it too much waDter?
Is your fAmicus fine did you give it too much waDter?
Is my fAmicus fine did you give it too much waDter?
Like your suAmmmer's hot and winter cold, gooDdbye my New York

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Gotham

by Animal Collective

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Any way I look at it

I still don't see the full of it

The whole thing's built in parts

When we're attached we have our little bits

Am D

And some of them still linger in the autumn

You like your summers hot

When I get cold I like to have a winter then

Em D

Many happy people woke and cried

C Bm

You wake up on that snowy day when no one is prepared for it

Am D

When the little boys got employed by the powder

Am D

They get their twenty dollars frozen on a counter

C D

Ahhhh, what were we singing?

C D Am

Ahhhh, I can't believe this goodbye

Am D

My choice to be there on time

Am D

It's not my choice to be there on time

Am D

It's not my choice to be there on time

Am D Am

It's not my choice to be there on time ahhhh ahhhhhahh

I can't let it go

Bm D Am

And the thing about being apart

C Bm Am

Is you just let life give you denial

Em D Am

It's not like you're given these feelings

Bm Am G Em

all just set adrift in the mind

Bm D Am

And the thing about being apart

C Bm Am

Is you just let life give you denial

Em D Am

It's not like you're given these feelings

Bm Am G

all just set adrift like a kite

Am D

But is your ficus fine, did you give it too much water?

Am D

Is your ficus fine did you give it too much water?

Am D

Is my ficus fine did you give it too much water?

Am D

Like your summer's hot and winter cold, goodbye my New York

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