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