LOVE FOR A CHILD

There’s a (Bb)pic ture on my kitch en wall, looks like (Dm)Je sus and his friends in volved.

There’s a (G)par ty get ting start ed in the yard.

And there’s a cou ple get ting (Ebm)steam y in the car parked (Dm)in the drive.

Was (Cm)I too young to see this with my eyes?

And by the (Bb)pool that night, ap par ent ly the (Dm)chem i cals weren’t mixed prop er ly.

You (G)hit your head and then for got your name.

And you woke up at the bot tom by the drain.

And now your (Cm)al ti tude and mem o ry’s a shame.

What a bout (Cm7)tak ing this (Dm7)emp ty cup and (Cm7)fill ing it up with a (Bb)lit tle bit more of (Cm7)in no cence.

I (Dm7)have n’t had e nough; it’s (Cm7)prob ’ly be cause when you’re (Bb)young, it’s o (F#)kay to be (Gm)eas i ly ig nored.

I’d like to be lieve it was (CN.C.)all a bout love for a child.

When the house was left in sham bles,

who was there to han dle all the bro ken bits of glass?

Was it Mom who put my (Ebm)dad out on his ass, or the (Dm)oth er way a (Gm)round?

Well, I’m (Cm)far too old to care a bout that now.

It’s kind a nice to work the floor since the di vorce.

I’ve been en joy (Ab)ing both my (Cm)Christ mas es and my (Bb)birth day cakes.

And (Ab)tak ing drugs and (Cm)mak ing love at (Bb)far too young an age.

And they (Ab)nev er checked to see my grades.

What a (F)fool I’d be to start com plain

ing now.

What a bout (Cm7)tak ing this (Dm7)emp ty cup and (Cm7)fill ing it up with a (Bb)lit tle bit more of (Cm7)in no cence.

I (Dm7)have n’t had e nough; it’s (Cm7)prob ’ly be cause when you’re (Bb)young, it’s o (F#)kay to be (Gm)eas i ly ig nored.

I’d love to be lieve it was (CN.C.)all a bout love for a child.

It was (CN.C.)all a bout love.