Kimya Dawson - Daniel baby boy

^GI was twelve and things had been ^CPretty okay up till then The ^Donly deaths I’d experienced Were of ^Gpets and the grandparents of my friends

^GI was in gifted and talented Until ^Cright around the seventh grade But ^Dthat is when everything changed And I ^Ghad to flip a switch and shut off my brain

Cause if I ^Gthought ^Dtoo ^Cmuch I’d get ^Gsick to ^Dmy ^Cstomach And I would ^Gfeel like ^Dgiving ^Cup Or throwing up it was just ^Dtoo tough

^GCause that is when I realized that ^CEven little babies die and ^DI had to build a wall inside to ^GKeep me from losing my mind

^GHe was only nine months old ^CA kid I’d babysit and hug and hold And I would ^Dtickle his toes and pat his head And watch his ^Gchest rise and fall as he slept in his crib

And then my ^Gdad said ^Dlate last ^Cnight A drunk ^Gdriver hit ^Dtheir car he ^Cdidn’t survive And his ^Gmom was hurt ^Dbad but his ^Cdad is alright His big ^Gbrother is ^Dfine cause he ^Cstayed at the party Yeah yeah ^Gsteven is ^Dfine cause he ^Cstayed at the party

And if I ^Gthought ^Dtoo ^Cmuch I’d get ^Gsick to ^Dmy ^Cstomach And I would ^Gfeel like ^Dgiving ^Cup Or throwing up it was just ^Dtoo tough

Sometimes things ^Ghappen when ^Dwe are ^Csmall That we ^Gjust don’t have ^Dthe tools to ^Cdeal with at all So we ^Gbottle them ^Dup and we ^Cjust don’t see How the ^Gstuff that we ^Dstuff will ^Caffect who we’ll be

What prot^Gects us as ^Dkids slowly ^Cmakes us insane So I’m ^Gtrying to dis^Dmantle ^Cbarricades Brick by ^Gbrick in an ^Dattempt to ^Cset free my brain Brick by ^Gbrick in an ^Dattempt to ^Cset free my brain And I just ^Ghope that my ^Dheart is ^Cstronger now So much ^Gstronger than ^Dit was when ^CI was twelve

When if I ^Gthought ^Dtoo ^Cmuch I’d get ^Gsick to ^Dmy ^Cstomach And I would ^Gfeel like ^Dgiving ^Cup Or throwing up it was just ^Dtoo tough

And I’d sing ‘^GDaniel’ ^Dagain and ^Cagain And pre^Gtend you were ^Djust trave^Cling on a plane Quarter ^Gcentury ^Dlater it’s ^Cstill hard to take But with ^Gevery red ^Dtail light I ^Cscream out your name Yeah with ^Gevery red ^Dtail light I ^Cscream out your name Yeah with ^Gevery red ^Dtail light I ^Cscream out your name

I say ‘^GDaniel, ^DDaniel, ^CDaniel’ I say ‘^GDaniel, ^DDaniel, ^CDaniel’ I say ‘^GDaniel, ^DDaniel, ^CDaniel’ Baby ^Gboy, baby ^Dboy, baby ^Cboy Baby ^Gboy, baby ^Dboy, baby ^Cboy Baby ^Gboy, baby ^Dboy, baby ^Cboy Baby ^Gboy