A Better Son Daughter

capo on 4 C F C sometimes in the morning i Am petrified and can’t move F C G awake but cannot open my eyes C F C and the weight is crushing down on my lungs i know i can’t breath F C G and hope someone will help me this time C F C your mother’s still calling you insane and high F C G swearing it’s different this time C F C and you tell her to give in to the demons that possess her F C G and that god ever blessed her insides C F C then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things F C G and crawl back into bed to dream of a time C F C when your heart was open wide and you loved things just because F C G like the sick and the dying C F C and sometimes when you’re on you’re really fxxking on F C G and your friends they sing along and they love you C F C but the lows are so extreme that the good seems fxxking cheap F C G and it teases you for weeks in its absense C but you’ll fight and you’ll make it through F C you’ll fake it if you have to F C G and you’ll show up for work with a smile C and you’ll be be better you’ll be smarter F C more grown up and a better daughter F C G or son and a real good friend C and you’ll be awake and you’ll be alert F C you’ll be positive though it hurts F C G and you’ll laugh and embrace all your friends C and you’ll be a real good listener F C you’ll be honest you’ll be brave F C you’ll be handsome you’ll be beautiful G you’ll be happy same chords persist throughout the Solo C your ship may be coming in F C you’re weak but not giving in F C G to the cries and the wails of the valley below C your ship may be coming in F C you’re weak but not giving in F C G and you’ll fight it you’ll go out fighting all of them