Kimya Dawson - My mom

Ha^Eve you ever had a dream that your favorite baby's drowning' and you grab him^F by his sweater sleeve and pull him up on to the ground and y^Eou can hear the water slosh around inside his tiny gut pu^Fsh his belly up and down but he can't cough the water up su^Eddenly a flood comes out his mouth till there is nothing left inside of him, ^F

and he ^Fgoes limp in y^Gour arms ^C a^Fll the people's mouths ar^Ge moving a^Cll you hear are car alarms and you ^Fwake up and st^Gart to cry ^{C F}I will lose my shit if^G even one more p^Cerson I know dies so pleas^Fe don't d^Gie ^C

^Fmy mom's sick she's in a hospital bed ^{C F}I've got a word for all you ghosts in her ^Chead and all ^Fyou skeletons in her closet ^{C F}leave her alone ^Cleave her alone ^Fleave her alone, please ^C

because my mom^F needs you gone ^{G C} m^Fy mom needs you^G gone ^C as lon^Fg as she is haunted she^G'll never ge^Ct strong m^Fy mom needs you ^Ggone ^C

you trade^Gd all your paper clips for a soap dish that way ^C your best f^Griend's rubber ducky wouldn't slip and slide away ^C but he trade^Gd his rubber duck for a cigar box to place ^Cyour paper clips in ^G Mr. Hooper came to say, ^G7

&q^Fuot;Oh, my de^Gar friends, Bert a^Cnd Ernie, he^Fre's a little someth^Ging for each of you f^Crom me h^Fere are your paper cl^Gips and here's your rubb^Cer ducky ^Fhow could I ignore such selfless genero^Gsity'" ^G7

the huma^Fn body's made up of good and bad bacteri^Ca but the antibio^Ftics and the antibacterials are killing all the good one^Cs and the bad on^Fes just get stronger and become super infections ^C it's har^Fder to destroy them and it's harder to detect th^Cem and there's somethin^Fg in her blood ^C and there's somethin^Fg in her leg ^C and there's somethin^Fg in her brain ^{C G}

^Fmy mom's sick she's in a hospital bed ^{C F}I've got a word for all you ghosts in her ^Chead and all ^Fyou skeletons in her closet ^{C F}leave her alone, ^Cleave her alone, ^Fleave her alone, ^Cleave her alone, ^Fleave her alone, ^Cleave her alone, ^Fleave her alone, please ^C because my mom^F needs you gone ^{G C F}my mom needs you ^Ggone ^C as long^F as she is haunted, s^Ghe'll never g^Cet strong, ^Fmy mom needs you^G gone ^{C F}my mom needs you^G gone ^{C F}my mom needs you^G gone. ^C