Intro:
D5 A5 G5 (X2)
D5 A5 G5 (X8)
I'm tracing pentagrams with chalk onto my floor
I'm lighting candles cookin' curses casting spells to bring a storm
That will cloud up over bloomington, and make black the midwest sky
I'm pushing pins into the map to mark the points for lightning strikes
May the ashes of the university make their way out to the sea
And may the bones of the invaders mix with the bricks of burned buildings
We will make them into to mortar and we will build this town again
I'm calling on dark forces to take me back to Bloomington
D5 A5 G5 G5 (X2)
D5 A5 G5 G5 (X6)
We'll dig some holes and plant some seeds and grow trees back in the park
So the bums will have some shade to drink and a place to sleep when it gets dark
Nick will get his job back when we re-open the Vonlee
We'll watch movies and eat popcorn but this time we won't have to sneak
We'll make music in our basements we'll play 4-square in the streets
We'll carve hexes in our our highways to ward off the wicked beasts
[A5]And[G5] th[A5]is [G5]tim[A5]e w[G5]e'l[A5]l k[A5A5A5]eep our city safe we'll keep our city sweet we'll keep our city free
D5 A5 G5 G5 (X8)
One by one and block by block we watched it slip away
As the towers of our enemies grew taller everyday
Until at last I cast away and tried to find some better place
But it's wings are wide and cast it's shadow down on everything
So i'm praying to the lord and every other god i know
To give me a flaming sword and some extra lightning bolts
And the power to destroy the ones who took our town away
And the strength we need to build it back and make it something great
[A5]And[G5] th[A5]is [G5]tim[A5]e w[G5]e'l[A5]l k[A5A5A5]eep our city safe we'll keep our city sweet we'll keep our city free
D5 G5 A5 A5 (X4)
And Sam will come back from California
And she will know just what we need to do
And all the cool kids that I've met in all the places that I've went
Will hear the booming of the battle and come too
(D5 and second A5 played quickly)
G5 A5 D5 A5 G5 (X2)
And we'll make this place into the greatest place there's ever been
All we want is a place to live the kind of lives to want to live
D5 A5 G5 G5 (X10)
So i'm rubbing every lantern that i find
And i'm chasing every rainbow that i see
I'm searching the clovers trying to find one with four leaves
Anything that could grant one wish to me
Anything that could grant one wish to me
And Portland will not save you
And Olympia will fall too
And Gainesville will surrender someday
And i know Bloomington will never be the same
Bloomington will never be the same
Outro:
D5 A5 G5 G5 (X4)
D5 A5 G5 (X2)
D5 A5 G5 (X8)
I'm tracing pentagrams with chalk onto my floor
I'm lighting candles cookin' curses casting spells to bring a storm
That will cloud up over bloomington, and make black the midwest sky
I'm pushing pins into the map to mark the points for lightning strikes
May the ashes of the university make their way out to the sea
And may the bones of the invaders mix with the bricks of burned buildings
We will make them into to mortar and we will build this town again
I'm calling on dark forces to take me back to Bloomington
D5 A5 G5 G5 (X2)
D5 A5 G5 G5 (X6)
We'll dig some holes and plant some seeds and grow trees back in the park
So the bums will have some shade to drink and a place to sleep when it gets dark
Nick will get his job back when we re-open the Vonlee
We'll watch movies and eat popcorn but this time we won't have to sneak
We'll make music in our basements we'll play 4-square in the streets
We'll carve hexes in our our highways to ward off the wicked beasts
[A5]And[G5] th[A5]is [G5]tim[A5]e w[G5]e'l[A5]l k[A5A5A5]eep our city safe we'll keep our city sweet we'll keep our city free
D5 A5 G5 G5 (X8)
One by one and block by block we watched it slip away
As the towers of our enemies grew taller everyday
Until at last I cast away and tried to find some better place
But it's wings are wide and cast it's shadow down on everything
So i'm praying to the lord and every other god i know
To give me a flaming sword and some extra lightning bolts
And the power to destroy the ones who took our town away
And the strength we need to build it back and make it something great
[A5]And[G5] th[A5]is [G5]tim[A5]e w[G5]e'l[A5]l k[A5A5A5]eep our city safe we'll keep our city sweet we'll keep our city free
D5 G5 A5 A5 (X4)
And Sam will come back from California
And she will know just what we need to do
And all the cool kids that I've met in all the places that I've went
Will hear the booming of the battle and come too
(D5 and second A5 played quickly)
G5 A5 D5 A5 G5 (X2)
And we'll make this place into the greatest place there's ever been
All we want is a place to live the kind of lives to want to live
D5 A5 G5 G5 (X10)
So i'm rubbing every lantern that i find
And i'm chasing every rainbow that i see
I'm searching the clovers trying to find one with four leaves
Anything that could grant one wish to me
Anything that could grant one wish to me
And Portland will not save you
And Olympia will fall too
And Gainesville will surrender someday
And i know Bloomington will never be the same
Bloomington will never be the same
Outro:
D5 A5 G5 G5 (X4)
