E A E B A x2 E B A When you were young you were the king of carrot flowers E B A And how you built a tower tumbling through the trees B A E A E B A In holy rattlesnakes that fell all ʼround your feet E B A And your mom would stick a fork right into daddyʼs shoulder E B A And dad would throw the garbage all across the floor B A E A E B A x2 As we would lay and learn what each otherʼs bodies were for E B A And this is the room one afternoon I knew I could love you E B A And from above you how I sank into your soul B A E A E B A Into that secret place where no one dares to go E B A And your mom would drink till she was no longer speaking E B A And dad would dream of all the different ways to die B A E A E B A x4 Each on a little more than he could dare to try
