Alphabet Soup

Tom : A
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