[Intro]
    
    


[Verse 1]
             
You would not 

   
believe your e

yes
             
If ten million

             
 fireflies lit

             
 up the world 

           
as I fell asle

ep
             
'Cause they'd 

         
fill the open 

air

and leave tear

drops everywhe

re
             
you'd think me

             
 rude but I'd 

              
just stand and

  
 stare


[Chorus 1]
             
I'd like to ma

          
ke myself beli

eve
             
that planet Ea

           
rth turns slow

  
ly
             
It's hard to s

             
ay that I'd ra

             
ther stay awak

         
e when I'm asl

eep
             
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

   
s it seems


[Verse 2]
             
'Cause I'd get

             
 a thousand hu

   
gs from ten th

ousand lightni

ng bugs
             
as they tried 

             
to teach me ho

      
w to dance
         
A foxtrot abov

e my head

a sockhop bene

ath my bed
             
a disco ball i

             
s just hanging

           
 by a thread


[Chorus 2]
             
I'd like to ma

          
ke myself beli

eve
             
that planet Ea

           
rth turns slow

  
ly
             
It's hard to s

             
ay that I'd ra

             
ther stay awak

         
e when I'm asl

eep
             
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

      
s it seems
           
When I fall as

leep


[Bridge]
             
leave my door 

           
open just a cr

ack

(please take me away from here)
             
'Cause I feel 

             
like such an i

     
nsomniac

(please take me away from here)
            
why do I tire 

            
of counting sh

eep

(please take me away from here)
             
when I'm far t

             
oo tired to fa

        
ll asleep


[Verse 3]
             
To ten million

         
 fireflies
         
I'm weird 'cau

se I hate good

byes
            
I got misty ey

              
es as they sai

  
d farewell
             
but I'll know 

             
where several 

  
are

if my dreams g

et real bizarr

e
             
'cause I saved

             
 a few and I k

              
eep them in a 


jar


[Chorus 3]
             
I'd like to ma

          
ke myself beli

eve
             
that planet Ea

           
rth turns slow

  
ly
             
It's hard to s

             
ay that I'd ra

             
ther stay awak

         
e when I'm asl

eep
             
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

      
s it seems
           
When I fall as

leep

             
I'd like to ma

          
ke myself beli

eve
             
that planet Ea

           
rth turns slow

  
ly
             
It's hard to s

             
ay that I'd ra

             
ther stay awak

         
e when I'm asl

eep
             
'Cause everyth

             
ing is never a

      
s it seems
           
When I fall as

leep

             
I'd like to ma

          
ke myself beli

eve
             
that planet Ea

           
rth turns slow

  
ly
             
It's hard to s

             
ay that I'd ra

             
ther stay awak

         
e when I'm asl

eep
             
Because my dre

             
ams are bursti

          
ng at the seam

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