[Verse 1]
Sunflowers on the table
tilt their faces to the glass
Sunshine on your shoulders
stays a while and slips right past
Sunrise on the pavement
golden coins in the rain
You laugh like it's nothing
and the whole room learns your name

[Pre-Chorus]
Hold me in the afternoon
Let it stay on your skin
I don't need a perfect view
I just need to be in it

[Chorus]
Paper sunflower days
Paper sunflower days
We bend, we glow, we stay
Paper sunflower days
(oh, paper sunflower days)

[Verse 2]
Sunshade in the courtyard
striped across your knees
Sunbathing on a blanket
counting freckles, counting leaves
You got that easy courage
like you never had to try
Then the heat gets mean and sudden
and you still don't say goodbye

[Pre-Chorus]
Hold me in the afternoon
Let it stay on your skin
I don't need a perfect view
I just need to be in it

[Chorus]
Paper sunflower days
Paper sunflower days
We bend, we glow, we stay
Paper sunflower days
(oh, paper sunflower days)

[Bridge]
Then the sunset bruises purple
and the sidewalk slows you down
Your shoulders keep their fire
even when the cooling comes around
Sunburns on my memory
little red marks I can't erase
Still I follow where you happen
like a bloom that knows the way

[Final Chorus]
Paper sunflower days
Paper sunflower days
We bend, we glow, we stay
Paper sunflower days
Paper sunflower days
(oh, paper sunflower days)
We turn toward the light
and we don't look away
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