Key: B
F
Bb
F
C
Bb
When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers
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Bb
F
C
Bb
And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees
C
Bb
In holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet
F
Bb
F
C
Bb
F
Bb
F
C
Bb
And your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder
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Bb
F
C
Bb
And your dad would throw the garbage all across the floor
C
Bb
As we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for
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Bb
F
C
Bb
F
Bb
F
C
Bb
And this is the room one afternoon I knew I could love you
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Bb
F
C
Bb
And from above you how I sank into your soul
C
Bb
Into that secret place where no one dares to go
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Bb
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C
Bb
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Bb
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C
Bb
And your mom would drink until she was no longer speaking
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Bb
F
C
Bb
And dad would dream of all the different ways to die
C
Bb
Each one a little more than he could dare to try
Part Two
C
Yes I do
F
I love you Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ I love you
C
Yes I do
And on the lazy days
F
The day we are awaiting
Part Three
F
All I know
We go through the weight and undertow
C
I will float until I learn how to swim,
F
Inside my mother in a garbage bin,
C
until I find myself again,
Bb
Again, oh.
All I know