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Remember when I told you to feed your dog
Cm
Alphabet soup if you wanted him to speak he was
G#
D# husky with one blue eye
A#
And the other brown like dirt on the ground
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He used to terrorize and chase my orange tabby
Cm
Until we fell off the bed onto the carpet laughing
G#
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
D#
Remember when you said that you liked poetry
Cm
You had a bad habit and it forced you to condense things
G#
You made sure your words never left a trace
A#
You prayed they'd slip through cracks on sidewalks and holes in lace
D#
You were 10 years old when you were in a state spelling bee
Cm
You misspelled Antarctica and you said it was embarrassing
G#
You knew your parents would never let you live it down
A#
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