VERSE1:
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I don't want to be the filler if the
Esus4
void is solely yours
E Esus4
I don't want to be your glass of single malt whiskey
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Hidden in the bottom drawer
E Esus4
I don't want to be the bandage if the wound is not mine
E Esus4 E
Lend me some fresh air
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I don't want to be adored for what I
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merely represent to you
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I don't want to be your baby sitter
Esus4
You're a very big boy now
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I don't want to be your mother
Esus4
I didn't carry you in my womb for nine months
E Esus4
Show me the back door
G A
Visiting hours are 9 to 5 and if
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I show up at 10 past 6, well I
G A
Already know that you'd find
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some way to sneak me in and oh
G A
Mind the empty bottle with the
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holes along the bottom, you see it's
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Too much to ask for and I am not the doctor
VERSE2: (same chords as above)
I don't want to be the sweeper of the
eggshells that you up walk upon
I don't want to be your other half
I believe that 1 and 1 make 2
I don't want to be your food or the
light from the fridge on your face at midnight
Hey what are you hungry for
I don't want to be the glue
that holds your pieces together
I don't want to be your idol
see this pedestal is high and I'm afraid of heights
I don't want to be lived through
A vicarious occasion, please
open the window
(Repeat Chorus)
VERSE3:
I don't want to live on someday
when my motto is next week
I don't want to be responsible for your fractured heart
and its wounded beat
I don't want to be a substitute
for the smoke you've been inhaling
What do you thank me
What do you thank me for
(Repeat Chorus)