[Verse 1] [M] I left the yard on a moonlit rail [F] Took a map made of old starlight [M] Chasing back through the spinning years [F] Before the lie got teeth and bite [M] At every stop, they sold a story [F] Wrapped in gold and paper thin [M] I kept your name in my coat pocket [F] Like a spark they couldn't dim [Pre-Chorus] [M] If I miss the first dawn [F] We lose our way [M] If the hands stay twisted [F] We'll wake up made [Chorus] [M/F] Back to the first dawn [M/F] Back to the first dawn [M/F] Before they paint our hearts [M/F] Back to the first dawn (M/F) Hey, hey (M/F) Back to the first dawn [Verse 2] [M] I saw towns with their mouths shut tight [F] Saw the smiles all stitched in line [M] Greedy men in borrowed boots [F] Teach the young to sell their minds [M] So I climbed past the blacked-out signs [F] Past the wires and the smoke [M] To the place where the world was soft [F] And the truth still laughed and spoke [Pre-Chorus] [M] If I miss the first dawn [F] We lose our name [M] If the seeds stay buried [F] They'll grow the same [Chorus] [M/F] Back to the first dawn [M/F] Back to the first dawn [M/F] Before they paint our hearts [M/F] Back to the first dawn (M/F) Hey, hey (M/F) Back to the first dawn [Bridge] [F] Turn the wheel, turn it hard [M] Burn the lie in the rain [F] Call the kids back to the field [M] Say our blood is not a chain [F] If the sky breaks open [M] We'll be there in time [F] With a pocket full of sunrise [M/F] And a world that is still mine [Final Chorus] [M/F] Back to the first dawn [M/F] Back to the first dawn [M/F] Before they paint our hearts [M/F] Back to the first dawn (M/F) Hey, hey (M/F) Back to the first dawn
