E                A
How long does it take
       E           A
For a taker not to take
    E              A
Any more than what he needs to make it work
E                A
How long will it be
           E                A
Till those seeing eyes will see
      E                A
Just enough to try and be a little more

[Chorus]
A                    F#
And how long were we wishing
         A                  F#
That the talkers would just listen
        A                              F#
You can hear a further distance in the quiet

[Verse 2]
    E                A
And how long did the sky
         E               A
Make the dreamers wonder why
     E                  F#  E
Only birds had wings to fly away

E                 A
How long will you sleep
          E                  A
While the sweepers sweet the street
           E                 A       E
And you've never placed your feet anywhere
E                  A
How long till that sound
E                     A
Rings in one too many towns
E                         A           F#
And you throw your canons down on the ground

[Chorus]
A                       F#
And how long we've been wishing
        A                       F#
For the things that we're still missing
        A                               F#
But you still can learn a lesson if you try


E                           A
It's been not so long since I
       E                 A
Took a plane across that sky