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