Toh Kay - If only for memories

^CWhen you were born you were not ^Galone Nothing was carved into the ^Fstone quite yet, but don't forget You ^Cheard someone say it ^Gwon't get better than ^Cthis ^CThat was the sound of your father ^{G G}As he held you up to your mother ^{F F}No one will ever know, a ^Clove a pure as the ^Gone that you felt right ^Cthen

^CThey held you u^Gp, they held you ^Dmup And ^Ceverybody else they ^Gfell to the wayside ^CThis is the start the beginning ^GThe prologue to the tale that you're spinning ^DmA million synonyms will ^Cnever come close to des^Gcribe the feeling

^{F F F} Don't ever ^Cle^Cav^Ce, cause if you ^Gdo^G d^Gear I guaran^Amtee that you'll reg^Fret the day you did and you'll miss ^Call the simple things And you'll see e^Gverything you've ever loved start fading till there's nothing left oh ^Am

^AmAnd I be^Clieve that ^Gevery broken ^Fbone is meant to ^Ambe ^AmAnd when it ^Cheals it will be ^Gstronger than it was before ^AmAnd I ^Csee, the ^Gthings that I pre^Ftend that I don't ^Amsee ^AmAnd I ^Ckeep them in my h^Gead love

^CSo now you're young and you feel ^Galone Despite friends family and all the ^Fgood things now surrounding you You ^Ccan't help thinking that there's ^Ggotta be some more to ^Cdo ^CWhen all the things that you cherish ^{G G}Turn into burdens and there is ^{F F}No other path to take, you ^Cknow what you've got to ^Gdo but you don't know ^Chow

^CThey hold you ^Gback they hold you ^Dmdown And you're ^Cgonna feel bad but you ^Gknow that you've gotta get out ^CThis is your pain your dilemma ^GDo you stay in the town where they raised ya ^DmOr will you sail away, ^Cpull the anchor and go ^Gheaded for the come-what-may'

^{F F F} You have to ^Cle^Cav^Ce, cause if you ^Gdo^Gn'^Gt dear you'll never ^Amsee the things you ^Fread about in books you saw the ^Cfilms and you were hooked but every^Gthing you want won't come to you you realize now that you've gotta go see this ^Amthrough

^AmAnd I be^Clieve that ^Gevery broken ^Fbone is meant to ^Ambe ^AmAnd when it ^Cheals it will be ^Gstronger than it was before ^AmAnd I ^Csee, the ^Gthings that I pre^Ftend that I don't ^Amsee ^AmAnd I ^Ckeep them in my h^Gead love

^CSo now you're old raising your ^Gown Two souls to make yourself a ^Fhome, you finally settled down you've ^Cseen the world but your ^Gheart never left this ^Ctown ^CThey have the eyes of their mother ^{G G}The kind of crooked teeth of their father ^{F F}No one will ever know A ^Clove as pure as the ^Gone that you feel for ^Cthem

^CYou'll hold them ^Gup you'll hold them ^Dmup And ^Ceverybody else will ^Gfall to the wayside ^CThere is no end no beginning ^GOn this merry-go-round we call living ^DmSome day you will return, ^Cevery single ounce of the l^Gove you were given

^{F F F} Someday they'll g^Co,^C a^Cnd when they ^Gle^Gav^Ge home you will be g^Amrateful for the l^Fesson that you learned you had to t^Cravel half the world to real^Gize what you knew all along that everything will end up where it be^Amlongs

^AmAnd I be^Clieve that ^Gevery broken ^Fbone is meant to ^Ambe ^AmAnd when it ^Cheals it will be ^Gstronger than it was before ^AmAnd I ^Csee, the ^Gthings that I pre^Ftend that I don't ^Amsee ^AmAnd I ^Ckeep them in my h^Gead love