E A E A G#m F#m E A E A E A E A E A E A E When she said “Don’t waste your words, they’re just lies” A E I cried she was deaf E A E A E And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes A E Then said, “What else you got left?” G#m It was then that I got up to leave F#m But she said, “Don’t forget E E4 E Everybody must give something back E4 E E4 E E4 For something they get” E A E I-I stood there and hummed A E A E E4 E E4 I tapped on her drum and asked her how come E A E And she buttoned her boot A E And straightened her suit A E And said, “Don’t get cute” G#m So I forced my hands in my pockets F#m And felt with my thumbs E E4 And gallantly handed her E E4 E E4 E E4 My very last piece of gum E A E She-e threw me outside A E A E I stood in the dirt where ev’ryone walked E A E And after finding that I’d A E Forgotten my shirt A E I went back and knocked G#m I waited in the hallway, she went to get it F#m And I tried to make sense E A E Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair A E E4 E E4 That leaned up against . . . E A E He-er Jamaican rum A E A E E4 E And when she did come, I asked her for some E A E She said, “No, dear” A E I said, “Your words aren’t clear A E You’d better spit out your gum” G#m She screamed till her face got so red F#m Then she fell on the floor E A And I covered her up and then E E4 E E4 E E4 Thought I’d go look through her drawer E A E A-and when I was through A E I filled up my shoe A E And brought it to you E A E And you, you took me in A E You loved me then A E You didn’t waste time E A E And I, I never took much E A E I never asked for your crutch A E E4 E E4 Now don’t ask for mine E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A G#m F#m E A E A E E4 E E4 E A E A E A E A
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