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All I Could Do

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CI had a show a few weeks ago
Fit's getting harder and harGder to sing
Cand it is hard to focus on my guitar
Fplaying when inside Ga baby is kCicking
CAt first I was sad and scared
Fcause this is all I Gknow how to do
Cthen John and Peter played standing up
Fsometimes something will change and tGhat change will change Cyou.
CThen I thought back to six years ago
Fwhen Brian Pilkton Gtold me to play
Che gave me a car, a typewriter, a guitar
Fbefore that all I could Gdo was counCt days.
CThen I thought back to before my coma
Frehab in Tacoma, my jGunkie roommates
Call that I knew how to do was put cigarettes 
Fout on my self, I tGook pills and I dCrank.
CAnd I thought back to when I was 15
Fhow I was squeaky clean, and I wGanted to die
CI was feeding the homeless while combating loneliness
Fall that I could do was keep lGiving a lie.
CThen I think back to that 12 year old poet
Fhow she didn't know it was what Gshe would be
Call she could do was hide under her bed
Fscared to death that somebody might Gread her diaCry
CSee I have changed and I'll keep on changing
Fand maybe my songwriting wGill suffer
Cbut its okay if at the end of the day
Fall i can do next is just Gbe a good moCther
Cits okay if at the end of the day 
Fall i can do next is Gbe a good moCther.

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All I Could Do

by Kimya Dawson

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I had a show a few weeks ago

F G

it's getting harder and harder to sing

and it is hard to focus on my guitar

F G C

playing when inside a baby is kicking

At first I was sad and scared

F G

cause this is all I know how to do

then John and Peter played standing up

F G C

sometimes something will change and that change will change you.

Then I thought back to six years ago

F G

when Brian Pilkton told me to play

he gave me a car, a typewriter, a guitar

F G C

before that all I could do was count days.

Then I thought back to before my coma

F G

rehab in Tacoma, my junkie roommates

all that I knew how to do was put cigarettes

F G C

out on my self, I took pills and I drank.

And I thought back to when I was 15

F G

how I was squeaky clean, and I wanted to die

I was feeding the homeless while combating loneliness

F G

all that I could do was keep living a lie.

Then I think back to that 12 year old poet

F G

how she didn't know it was what she would be

all she could do was hide under her bed

F G C

scared to death that somebody might read her diary

See I have changed and I'll keep on changing

F G

and maybe my songwriting will suffer

but its okay if at the end of the day

F G C

all i can do next is just be a good mother

its okay if at the end of the day

F G C

all i can do next is be a good mother.

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