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