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FLOWERS NEVER BEND Paul Simon Album : Songbook 1965 VERSE 1

^FThrough the corridors of^Em7 sleep Past the^F9 shadows dark an^Fd deep

^AmMy mind dances and leaps^F9 in confusio^Fn. ^F ^F ^FI dont know what is real^Am,

I can't ^F9touch what I fee^Fl And I hi^Amde behind the sh^F9ield of my illus^Fion.

CHORUS:

^GSo I'll ^Fcontinue to cont^Finue to pretend ^Am ^Dm7My life will never e^Amnd,

And flo^Dwers never b^Fend With the rai^Csus4nfall. ^F

VERSE 2

^FThe mirror on my^Em7 wall Casts an^F9 image dark and ^Fsmall

^AmBut Im not sure at^F9 all its my reflec^Ftion. ^F ^F ^FI am blinded by ^Em7the light

O^F9f God and truth and ri^Fght And I wa^Amnder in the^F9 night without direct^Fion. ^F ^F

CHORUS VERSE 3:

Its n^Fo matter if youre b^Em7orn To play ^F9the king or pawn^F

For th^Ame line is thinly d^F9rawn tween joy and sorro^Fw, ^F ^F ^FSo my fa^Em7ntasy

B^F9ecomes real^Fity And I mu^Amst be what I mus^F9t be and face to^Fmorrow. ^F ^F

CHORUS

Paul Simon - Flowers never bend with the rainfall