I Am My Own Invention

(Bb)Nothing can exist till you dream it first;

(Em7)ev'ryone knows this.

(Bb)Then it will arrive, new and unrehearsed,

(Em7)vivid as a kiss.

(Ebmaj7)Dreamers and children can (Bb)conjure things easily,

(Db)things their eyes, though they're closed,

can (Cm7)see.

(Bb)Not the way things are, but how they should be;

(Em7)this is what is true.

(Bb)Wish upon a star, close your eyes and see (Em7)all that you can do.

(Ebmaj7)Try to remember the (Bb)conjure things easily,

(Db)things their eyes, though they're closed,

can (Cm7)see.

(Bb)way you were when you were her,

the (Cm7)little girl that's there inside of (F7sus4)you.

(Bb)I am my (F)own (Cm7)invention,

(Bb)meeting each (F)day (Fm7)anew.

(Eb)Can you (Ebm)imagine (Bb)being

(Cm7)your own (Eb)invention (Bb)too?

(Bb)Dreams will always start with a happy end (Em7)waiting to come true.

So long a (Bb)Lucid as a heart,

welcome as a friend, (Em7)gossamer and new.

Help me so (Ebmaj7)I can remember (Bb)dreams to share with dreams to spare,

(Cm7)imagining a dreamer just like (F7sus4)you.

(B)I am my (F#)own (C#m7)invention.

(B)Finally (F#)I can (F#m7)see.

(E)I am my own (B)invention.

my own (C#m7)Tomorrow can't (B)be

(C#m7)all it should (B)be

(C#m7)till I've (G)(Gmaj7)invented

(B)me.