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