[Verse]
G F
I'd give anything for my mama to be happy
C
with how her life turned out
G
For my sister to stay clean,
F
finally find out what it means
C
to have her feet on solid ground
G
Well I was seventeen
F
when they drove out of the city
C
to reah the countryside
G
A cage, just forest green,
F
dandelions and olive trees,
C
a perfect place for them to hide.
[Chorus]
Dm7
Oh and I never felt the need
G C
to tell you all the things that make me sad
Dm7
Oh no I never felt the need
G C
to weigh you down with times that make me mad
Dm7 C
But sometimes it hurts so bad.
[Verse]
G
I can still recall
F
the knock on my bedroom door
C
and the great hammer to his pride
G
Sitting right there on my bed,
F
held his tears and hung his head,
C
and couldn't look me in the eye
G
Guess he knew how much I made
F
everytime the dumb song played,
C
I clipped the ticket I suppose
G
And it hurt him all the same,
still a father,
F C
still ashamed to ask his daughter for a loan
[Chorus]
Dm7
Oh and I never felt the need
G C
to tell you all the things that make me sad
Dm7
Oh no I never felt the need
G C
to weigh you down with times that make me mad
Dm7
But sometimes it hurts so bad
C G F
And the truth is, I'm terrified
G
So why do we feel small for our losses?
F C
For the things that make us part of something more?
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