Lori McKenna - Leaving this life

^DI am six years old in the back of my mother's car And ^GI will be seven in December ^DShe will be gone by the beginning of next spring And ^GI will be left to remember To re ^Dmember

^DI ask my little questions She laughs a little laugh But ^Gshe won't tell me where we're going She ^Dlooks in my eyes with her eyes in the mirror And says ^Gsome things you're better off not knowing Not ^Dknowing

But ^AI don't know what her ^Gvoice sounds like ^AI don't know what her ^Gskin feels like I ^Aonly know what it ^Gmight feel like When a ^Bmmother holds her ^Adaughter When that ^Bmmother knows she's ^Aleaving this ^Glife Leaving this ^Dlife

^DShe's left with that reflection of me at six years old And ^GI have her eyes in the mirror Well ^Dshe and I, we are defined by what we have lost ^GDon't you wonder whose loss is dearer ^DDearer

^AShe doesn't know what my ^Gvoice sounds like ^AShe doesn't know what my ^Gskin feels like And ^AI only know what it ^Gmight feel like When a ^Bmmother holds her ^Adaughter When that ^Bmmother knows she's ^Aleaving this ^Glife Leaving this ^Dlife ^{G D G}

And ^AI don't know what her ^Gvoice sounds like And ^AI don't know what her ^Gskin feels like I ^Aonly know what it ^Gmight feel like When a ^Bmmother holds her ^Adaughter When that ^Bmmother knows she's ^Aleaving this ^Glife Leaving this ^Dlife Leaving this ^Glife Leaving this ^Dlife Leaving this ^Glife ^D