Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
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Verse 1
I was born old
I grew up but I got younger
I was torn, and cold
Now Im fine but theres this hunger
And a thirst for the days
Before I went and razed it all
To the ground
Verse 2
Got a job, found God
I did everything they told me
Spoiled the child, spared the rod
And found someone new to hold me
Though the loves not as real
As what I used to feel when it
All went wrong
Chorus
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Verse 3
She was young, not scared - she was everything I wanted
I was dumb, unprepared - had no idea that I was haunted
By the ghosts of a life the night I hid the knives
And it all went wrong
Verse 4
Its an old wound, but it opened in a new way
In a rest room in a rest stop on the thruway
She calls up her parents
And admits with embarrassment
She was wrong
Bridge
Speaking of your mother
This is how it goes:
When the world gets you down
I suppose
You can fly away somewhere else
Of your own volition
Of your own accord
When youre sad, when youre angry
When youre bored,
Youve got to do whats best for yourself
Ooo ooo ooooo ooo oo oo oo oo oo oo
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Verse 5
I awoke; you were gone
There was nothing left to hold onto
I was blind, I was wrong
But I could find you if I want to
So I fly to the coast where
The boys you love most
Sing into your eyes
Verse 6
I was lost, now Im found
I can see, but miss the blindness
Heres my cross; pound
Its your mouth, your kiss, your kindness
My stigmatas the regret for how
I could have let it all
Go so wrong
Bridge 2
Im going back to the place
Where they laughed in my face
When it all went
All went
All went wrong
Yes it all went -
Isnt this what you wanted, darling?
All went...