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