A
Remember when I told you to feed your dog
   F#m
Alphabet soup if you wanted him to speak he was
   D
A husky with one blue eye
   E
And the other brown like dirt on the ground

   A
He used to terrorize and chase my orange tabby
   F#m
Until we fell off the bed onto the carpet laughing
    D
I watched you turn into a whisper
    E
And I wanted to hear you so I thought I'd come closer

    D                 E               A               F#m
You told me that when I grow up I'll be just like my mother
     D                         E           A                  F#m
I think you thought it'd be insulting but why's it so bad to smother
      D
Everything (everything)
      E
And everyone (everyone)
      A           F#m     D E
You love with affection and say things like you mean them

    A
Remember when you said that you liked poetry
     F#m
You had a bad habit and it forced you to condense things
     D
You made sure your words never left a trace
      E
You prayed they'd slip through cracks on sidewalks and holes in lace

          A
You were 10 years old when you were in a state spelling bee
         F#m
You misspelled Antarctica and you said it was embarrassing
     D
You knew your parents would never let you live it down
             E
You walked away from the podium tears staining shaky hands

   A   A/G# F#m    D             E
I didn't mean to make you the receiver
    A A/G#    F#m            D                 E
Of my miseries now you're thinking how can I leave her