YOU GAVE UP A PIECE OF YOU
JUST SO YOU COULD SEE US THROUGH
I BEGIN TO SEE ANEW
THE LOVE IN ALL YOU HAD TO DO.
YOU WOULD ALWAYS BE AROUND
ALWAYS ONE TO STAND YOUR GROUND.
YOU TAUGHT US ALL TO CARE
YOU WORKED FOR US TO SHARE
YOU FOUGHT TO WASH OUR HAIR
AND SCRUB BEHIND OUR EARS
AND DEAL WITH ALL OUR FEARS
AND WIPE UP ALL THE TEARS.
AND YOU GAVE UP A PIECE OF YOU
I'M THANKFUL TO THE DOCTOR WHO
GAVE YOU EASE AND MADE YOU WELL
HE'S THE ONE I WANNA TELL
HE HELPED YOU TO A BETTER WORLD
IT LEFT YOU STRONG, YOUR SPARK RETURNED
AND THEN YOU BROUGHT ME HERE
HELPED ME TO BE CLEAR,
YOU SHOWED ME WHAT WAS DEAR
TAUGHT ME WHAT WAS FAIR
YOU GAVE ME WINGS TO FLY
YOU LOOKED ME IN THE EYE
THEN YOU GAVE UP A PART OF YOU,
SET ME OFF, LET ME DO
ALL THE THINGS I HAD TO DO
GET RIGHT OUT INTO THE ZOO
YOU SET ME ON THE TRACK
THERE WAS NO HOLDING BACK
credits
from Sweet Dreams In The Castle Of Nowhere,
released January 14, 2013
Kris Howe vox, DADGAD guitar, bass, percussion
Nick Marshall guitar, percussion
Faith Rhodes sax
Asha Emma McCarthy cello
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