D#m C# G# There was a time I was happy in my life D#m C# G# There was time I believed Iʼd live forever D#m C# G# There was a time that I prayed to Jesus Christ D#m C# G# There was a time I had a mother it was nice A#m D#m G# Oh mother why arenʼt you here with me A#m D#m G# No one else saw the things that you could see A#m D#m G# Iʼm trying hard to dry my tears A#m D#m G# Yes father you know Iʼm not so free D#m C# G# Nobody else would ever take the place of you D#m C# G# Nobody else could do the things that you could do D#m C# G# No one else I guess could hurt me like you did D#m C# G# I didnʼt understand I was just a kid A#m D#m G# Oh mother why arenʼt you here with me A#m D#m G# No one else saw the things that you could see A#m D#m G# Iʼm trying hard to dry my tears A#m D#m G# Yes father you know Iʼm not so free A#m I got to give it up D#m G# Find someone to love me A#m I got to let it go D#m G# Find someone that I can care for A#m I got to give it up D#m G# Find someone to love me A#m I got to let it go D#m G# Find someone that I can care for A#m My mother died when I was five D#m G# And all I did was sit and cry A#m I cried and cried and cried all day D#m G# Until the neighbours went away A#m They couldnʼt take my loneliness D#m G# I couldnʼt take their phoniness A#m My father had to go to work D#m G# I used to think he was a jerk A#m I didnʼt know his heart was broken D#m G# And not another word was spoken A#m He became a shadow of D#m G# The father I was dreaming of A#m I made a vow that I would never need another person ever D#m G# Turned my heart into a cage a victim of a kind of rage A#m Iʼve got to give it up D#m G# A#m Find somebody to love D#m G# Find someone that I can care for A#m I got to give it up D#m G# I got to give it up A#m I got to give it up I got to give it up D#m G# I got to give it up
