Intro: e-----------------------------| B-----------------------------| G---0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0--| D--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0--0-0-0-| X2 A-3------3--------------------| E---------------3------3------| My mind may drift from the walls of my skin But I will not wander too far For those who are pulled by the ivory sun Know that home is a labor of fire And I may have nursed their honey-bright wounds And cradled their rhythms to rest But I am no dreamer I could not keep my hands clean So I will not grieve those bent to receive Seeds that could never be sown And I will not lust those courtesies past They have flickered but not chosen me And when they march by in their motherly smiles Swaying their motherly hips I cannot follow I cannot keep their pace e-------------------------------------------------------------| B-----1------1------0------0------1-1------1-------0-------0--| G---0------0------0------0------2--------2-------0-------0----| D--2-2----2-2----0-0----0-0----2-2------2-2-----0-0-----0-0---| A-3------3--------------------0--------0----------------------| E---------------3------3-----------------------3------3-------| e-------------------------------------------------------------| B-----1------1------0------0------1--------1-------0-------0--| G---0------0------0------0------2--------2-------0-------0----| D--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0--0-0-0--2-2-2----2-2-2---0-0-0---0-0-0-| A-3------3--------------------0--------0----------------------| E---------------3------3-----------------------3------3-------| Time has a way of stealing our breath And milking the light from our pores And many will fill their oak barrel wombs With patience instead of desire One cannot curse a crow for her course Or choose where her feathers may fall I am no swallow I am no spring bird e------------------------------------------------------------| B------------------------------------------------------------| G---0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0-----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0----| D--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0--0-0-0---2-2-2--2-2-2--0-0-0--0-0-0---| A-3------3---------------------3------3--------------------3-|let it ring E---------------3------3---------------------3------3--------|