[Intro]
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[Verse]
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  You would not believe your eyes 
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If ten million fireflies   lit up the world as i fell asleep 
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  'Cause they'd fill the open air 
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  And leave teardrops everywhere 
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You'd think me rude but I'd just stand and   stare
[Chorus]
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I'd like to make myself believe 
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That planet Earth turns slo_wly 
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It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 
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'Cause everything is never as it seems
[Verse]
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  'Cause id get a thousand hugs   from ten thousand lightning bugs 
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  As they tried to teach me how to dance 
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  A foxtrot above my head 
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  A sockhop beneath my bed 
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A disco ball is just hanging by a thread
[Chorus]
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I'd like to make myself believe 
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That planet Earth turns slo_wly 
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It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 
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'Cause everything is never as it seems
[Verse]
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  Leave my door open just a crack

 
 
(Please take me away from here) 
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  'Cause I feel like such an insomniac

 
 
(Please take me away from here) 
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  Why do I tire of counting sheep

 
 
(Please take me away from here) 
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  When I'm far too tired to fall asleep 
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  To ten million fireflies 
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  I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes 
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  I got misty eyes as they said farewell 
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  But I'll know where several are 
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  If my dreams get real bizarre 
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'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar
[Chorus]
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I'd like to make myself believe 
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That planet Earth turns slo_wly 
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It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 
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'Cause everything is never as it seems 
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I'd like to make myself believe 
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That planet Earth turns slo_wly 
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It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 
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'Cause everything is never as it seems 
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I'd like to make myself believe 
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That planet Earth turns slo_wly 
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It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep 
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'Cause everything is never as it seems