B
Remember when I told you to feed your dog
G#m
Alphabet soup if you wanted him to speak he was
E
B husky with one blue eye
F#
And the other brown like dirt on the ground
B
He used to terrorize and chase my orange tabby
G#m
Until we fell off the bed onto the carpet laughing
E
I watched you turn into a whisper
F#
And I wanted to hear you so I thought I'd come closer
E F# B G#m
You told me that when I grow up I'll be just like my mother
E F# B G#m
I think you thought it'd be insulting but why's it so bad to smother
E
Everything (everything)
F#
And everyone (everyone)
B G#m E F#
You love with affection and say things like you mean them
B
Remember when you said that you liked poetry
G#m
You had a bad habit and it forced you to condense things
E
You made sure your words never left a trace
F#
You prayed they'd slip through cracks on sidewalks and holes in lace
B
You were 10 years old when you were in a state spelling bee
G#m
You misspelled Antarctica and you said it was embarrassing
E
You knew your parents would never let you live it down
F#
You walked away from the podium tears staining shaky hands
B B/A# G#m E F#
I didn't mean to make you the receiver
B B/A# G#m E F#
Of my miseries now you're thinking how can I leave her