Two-Headed Boy Part Two - Neutral Milk Hotel

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Two-Headed Boy, Part 2 - Neutral Milk Hotel
This song is in E-flat and is played with barred chords.


             
Daddy please h

             
ear this song 

       
that I sing
             
In your heart 

             
there's a spar

             
k that just sc

#
reams
             
For a lover to

             
 bring a child

             
 to your chest

            
 that could la

y as you sleep
             
And love all y

             
ou have left l

         
ike your boy u

sed to be
            
Long ago wrapp

              
ed in sheets w

        
arm and wet


             
Blister please

              
, with those w

             
ings in your s


pine.
             
Love to be wit

             
h a brother of


 mine.
             
How he'd love 

              
to find your t

             
ongue in his t

          
eeth,
             
In a struggle 

              
to find secret

             
 songs that yo

  
u keep,
             
Wrapped in box

              
es so tight, s

            
ounding only a

              
t night as you

  
 sleep.


           
And in my drea

             
ms you're aliv

             
e and you're c

rying
           
as your mouth 

             
moves in mine,

          
 soft and swee

t
           
rings of flowe

              
rs round your 

             
eyes and I'll 


love you
           
for the rest o

             
f your life...

              
 when you're r

  
eady


             
Brother see, w

             
e are one in t

   
he same.
             
And you left w

             
ith your head 

            
filled with fl


ames,
             
And you watche

              
d as your brai

             
ns fell out th

           
rough your tee

th.
         
Push the piece

s in place.
             
Make your smil

           
e sweet to see

.
              
Don't you take

  
 this away.
            
I'm still want

              
ing my face on

      
 your cheek.


            
And when we br

             
eak we'll wait

         
 for our mirac

le
            
God is a place

             
 where some ho

             
ly spectacle l

ies
            
And when we br

             
eak we'll wait

         
 for our mirac

le
            
God is a place

             
 you will wait

              
 for the rest 

         
of your life


          
Two headed boy

             
 she is all yo

        
u could need
             
She will feed 

           
you tomatoes a

        
nd radio wires
             
And retire to 

              
sheets safe an

  
d clean
             
But don't hate

              
 her when she 

           
gets up to lea

ve

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