Misc Your Songs - Earl strickling - lessons

^AA young boy wakes in the ^Emorning, ^Bmexcited for a brand new ^Eday. ^AHis little mind full of ^Esimple thoughts, ^F#mlike going outside to ^Eplay. ^DBut things aren’t quite that ^Bmsimple, ^Dthey do it like it’s no big ^Edeal. ^AQuietly watching ^Efrom the car, while ^F#mthey go inside to ^Esteal. ^DStill learning right from ^F#mwrong, ^Dhe looks to them with love and ^Etrust. ^AAs they lead him down a ^Ebroken path, ^F#mthat ends in innocence ^Elo^E7st.

^DLife goes on and ^Atime heals all. ^ELessons learned are them ^F#mbricks in a wall. ^DBuild it tall with truth and ^Ahonesty and ^Enever give in to their ^F#mhypocrisy. ^DThere’s no escape from the ^Aghosts of your past, ^Ejust do your best to make ^F#meveryday last. ^DYou get what you give that’s ^Awhat they always say. ^BmThe good folks win and the ^Eba^E7d fade ^Aaway.

^AA teenager wakes in the ^Emorning, ^Bmlooking just to find his ^Eway. ^ASchool is out and there ^Eis no doubt, ^F#mthere’s gonna be some hell to ^Epay. Cuz ^Dhe does just as they ^Bmtaught him, ^Da tribute to their broken ^Ename. ^AWalkin’ along that ^Esame old path full of ^F#mheartache, crime and ^Epain. ^DAnd sometimes he looks in the ^F#mmirror and ^Dwonders where it ever ^Eends. ^AGetting out, his ^Ereflection shouts, ^F#mit’s the only way to make ^Eam^E7ends.

^DLife goes on and ^Atime heals all. ^ELessons learned are them ^F#mbricks in a wall. ^DBuild it tall with truth and ^Ahonesty and ^Enever give in to their ^F#mhypocrisy. ^DThere’s no escape from the ^Aghosts of your past, ^Ejust do your best to make ^F#meveryday last. ^DYou get what you give that’s ^Awhat they always say. ^BmThe good folks win and the ^Eba^E7d fade ^Aaway.

^AA grown man wakes in the ^Emorning ^Bmand notices a few more ^Egreys. ^ATwenty-Five years have ^Epassed on by, since he ^F#mfinally walked ^Eaway. ^DThe sins they laid ^Bmupon him, ^Dthey’re a weight he’ll always ^Ebare. ^ABut blessings sometimes ^Ecome with cost and a ^F#mmessage you must ^Eshare. ^DThose little eyes ^F#mwatch him now, with the ^Dsame loving trust he once ^Egave. ^AAnd daddy leads them down a ^Ebrighter path, but his ^F#mmemories still ^Eremain. ^BmThe memories still ^Ere^E7main...

^DYou used my mother and you ^Estole my brother. ^AAll you’ve ever done is ruin ^F#mlives. ^DSo many suffered by your ^Ehands and I wonder ^Ahow you keep up with your ^Bmdisguise. ^DI’m stained from that day, I can’t ^Eforget the way, ^AI saw you hurt that girl til she ^F#mdied. ^DThere’s so much to say, but thank God I ^Egot away and ^F#myou’re slowly fading from my ^C#mmind.

^DCuz life goes on and ^Atime heals all. ^ELessons learned are them ^F#mbricks in a wall. ^DBuild it tall with truth and ^Ahonesty and ^Enever give in to their ^F#mhypocrisy. ^DThere’s no escape from the ^Aghosts of your past, ^Ejust do your best to make ^F#meveryday last. ^DYou get what you give that’s ^Awhat they always say. ^BmThe good folks win and the ^Eba^E7d fade ^Aaway.

Ya ^DLife goes on and ^Atime heals all. ^ELessons learned are them ^F#mbricks in a wall. ^DBuild it tall with truth and ^Ahonesty, ^Edefine yourself and who you ^Awant to be.