Lucy Dacus - Cartwheel: chords

Dm
Here and there and gone again
Firefly juice on your skin
         C
You're glowing like an atom bomb
This natural thing that you've undone
Dm
Outgrew older sister's clothes again
Won't admit you're growing tall and thin
     C
You like your body pulling at the seams
You're not prepared for what the future brings
Dm
Curse words and empty cups
Cracked blacktop curling up
C
Heatwave by midday
 G
Heat lightning on a summer night
    Dm
And I remember when you used to call
Holed up in the closet in the hall
C
Scared you wouldn't live to forty-five
The same age as your father when he died
G
You'd say, "We need to talk
F
Sneak out, meet me on your block"
Am
I'd sit by you, silent on the curb
C
What to say when there is not a word?
Dm
Spell broke at daybreak
Light another candle on the cake
C
Cartwheel and a broken wrist
                          Dm
Skin scarred and sun-kissed

When you told me 'bout your first time
The soccer player at the senior high
I felt my body crumple to the floor
Betrayal like I'd never felt before
I thought back to many years ago
A late-night promise on the telephone
We'd build a house of twigs and vines
Grow old together just to pass the time
Now there's only past and present day
I can't believe a word you say
The future isn't worth its weight in gold
The future is a benevolent black hole