C               F
You would not believe your eyes
Bb              Bb
If ten million fireflies
C          F               Bb
Lit up the world as I fell asleep
C                 F
'Cause they'd fill the open air
Bb                   Bb
And leave teardrops everywhere
C                      F                      Bb
You'd think me rude But I would just stand and stare

Bb           F             C
I'd like to make myself believe
            Bb     F     Am  Bb
That planet Earth turns slowly
     Bb                    F           Bb          C    Dm
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep
    Bb             F           C
'Cause everything is never as it seems


C           F
'Cause I'd get a thousand hugs
Bb
From ten thousand lightning bugs
C              F               Bb
As they tried to teach me how to dance
C          F
a foxtrot above my head
Bb
a sock hop beneath my bed
  C             F                 Bb
a disco ball is just hanging by a thread


Bb           F             C
I'd like to make myself believe
            Bb     F     Am  Bb
That planet Earth turns slowly
     Bb                    F           Bb          C    Dm
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep
    Bb             F           C
'Cause everything is never as it seems When I fall asleep

C             F           Bb
Leave my door open just a crack - Please take me away from here -
C               F              Bb
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac - Please take me away from here -
C        F                Bb
Why do I tire of counting sheep - Please take me away from here -
C               F               Bb
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep

C              F
To ten million fireflies
Bb
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes
C           F                     Bb
I got misty eyes as they said farewell
C                F
But I'll know where several are
Bb
If my dreams get real bizarre
C                     F               Bb
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar


Bb           F             C
I'd like to make myself believe
            Bb     F     Am  Bb
That planet Earth turns slowly
     Bb                    F           Bb          C    Dm
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep
    Bb             F           C
'Cause everything is never as it seems When I fall asleep


Bb           F             C
I'd like to make myself believe
            Bb     F     Am  Bb
That planet Earth turns slowly
     Bb                    F           Bb          C    Dm
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep
    Bb             F           C
'Cause everything is never as it seems When I fall asleep


Bb           F             C
I'd like to make myself believe
            Bb     F     Am  Bb
That planet earth turns slowly
     Bb                    F           Bb          C    Dm
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay Awake when I'm asleep
  Bb                   F               C      C  F
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams