|:Em Em6 Em7:| Pink confetti, shotgun wedding Rocket secrets someone’s shredding Nineteenth floor.
Laundry ticket that exploded Joust with Quaker pamphlet goaded Into war.
Ankle deep we heroes amble Ankel deep we wade Ankel deep through someone else’s Ticker tape parade
Am Softly, softly, softly Falls papersnow Softly, softly, softly All of our works blow away
|:Em Em6 Em7:| Petals fell on Petaluma Till-receipt from Montezuma’s Burger Hut.
Every day a billion dollars Fall as black and white blue-collars Plough their rut.
Am Softly, softly, softly Falls papersnow Softly, softly, softly All of our works blow away
|:Em Em6 Em7:| Ankle deep we heroes amble Ankel deep we wade Ankel deep through someone else’s Ticker tape parade
|:Em Em6 Em7:| Jets folded from Wall Street Journal Shoot down cartons care of Colonel’s Chicken Ranch
Kleenex where the guy’s been cryin’ Goodbye note from girl who’s flyin’ To new branch Am Softly, softly, softly Falls papersnow Softly, softly, softly All of our works blow away
|:Em Em6 Em7:| Letters that I’d meant to send you To torpedo and up-end you Sheet by sheet
Tore up all the beg and bitter Add them to the drift of litter On your street
Am Softly, softly, softly Falls papersnow Softly, softly, softly All of our works blow away
|:Em Em6 Em7:| Ankle deep we heroes amble Ankel deep we wade Ankel deep through someone else’s Ticker tape parade