Chords for Ellis Paul/Speed of Trees-with interview

I'm a fan of language.
I love language.
And occasionally I'll be on the road and hear something like this.
The Speed of Trees is a song on the record and I heard someone say they were tired and they wanted to just settle [G#] into the moment of being in the space that they were in.
They needed a vacation, so to speak.
And they said to me, you know, today I feel like moving at the speed of trees.
And _ _ [G#m] that was like a whole phrase that unveiled a song to me.
I heard speed of trees and I thought the speed of light, the speed of sound.
It's three verses.
All I had to do was make it rhyme and have it make sense.
And I'm always listening for _ _ a line like that that can write a whole song for me.
But for the most part, it comes from, _ you know, just being a good listener and listening to people's stories and listening [G] to my own stories
and _ [D#m] trying to find some truth in the middle of the story to present in the song. _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [D#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ [D#] _ _ [D#m] _ Sometimes [C#]
in the dead of the night [B] I'm dreaming that I'm flying [C#] at the speed of light.
[D#m] In two [C#] seconds I'm brushing past the face of [B] the moon.
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ Eight seconds [C#] flat on the surface of Mars.
[G#] I'm kicking up the red dust.
I'm drinking in bars.
[D#m] I lean back and raise a toast to the stars at [B] night.
When [D#] I'm dreaming at the speed of [D#m] light.
_ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ Some days I [C#] just settle for [B] the speed of sound.
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [D#m] Step [C#] off this porch and blow a kiss [B] to this whole damn town.
[D#] _ _ _ [D#m] I'd let off one [C#] of them sonic [B] bombs and break all [F#] the windows in [C#] the living rooms.
[D#m] I'd blow off the hats of [C#] the boys at the old [B] _ fairgrounds _ _
[C#] at the speed of [D#m] sound.
_ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ And you [F#] say go. _ _
_ _ Why [C#] don't you go? _
_ _ _ If [D#] you want [D#m] to go, [C#] why don't you [B] _ decide? _
_ _ Pick a [F#] road. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [C#] _ Decide.
_ _ Is it [D#m] a train or a [C#] plane or a [B] bride? _ _
[C#] Decide.
_ _ [D#m] Decide. _ _
[C#] _ Decide.
_ [B] Decide. _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] Your love makes [C#] me move at the speed of [B] train.
_ [F#] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] I've laid down [C#] some roots.
I've grown a hair for [B] a make-believe. _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [D#m] But if it weren't for that face of yours, [B] I'd be rattling windows, [C#] blowing down doors.
[D#m] Look at me here.
[C#m] I'm planted square down on [B] my knees. _
[F#] [C#] I'm _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[C#] asking for the speed of [D#m] train. _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] Train. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Train. _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ Train.
[D#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [D#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Thank you. _ _ _ _ _