Kimya Dawson – Daniel Baby Boy (Guitar)

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I was twelve and things had been

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Pretty okay up till then

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The only deaths I'd experienced

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Were of pets and the grandparents of my friends

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I was in gifted and talented

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Until right around the seventh grade

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But that is when everything changed

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And I had to flip a switch and shut off my brain

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Cause if I thought too much

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I'd get sick to my stomach

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And I would feel like giving up

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Or throwing up it was just too tough

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Cause that is when I realized that

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Even little babies die and

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I had to build a wall inside to

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Keep me from losing my mind

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He was only nine months old

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A kid I'd babysit and hug and hold

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And I would tickle his toes and pat his head

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And watch his chest rise and fall as he slept in his crib

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And then my dad said late last night

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A drunk driver hit their car he didn't survive

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And his mom was hurt bad but his dad is alright

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His big brother is fine cause he stayed at the party

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Yeah yeah steven is fine cause he stayed at the party

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And if I thought too much

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I'd get sick to my stomach

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And I would feel like giving up

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Or throwing up it was just too tough

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Sometimes things happen when we are small

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That we just don't have the tools to deal with at all

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So we bottle them up and we just don't see

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How the stuff that we stuff will affect who we'll be

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What protects us as kids slowly makes us insane

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So I'm trying to dismantle barricades

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Brick by brick in an attempt to set free my brain

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Brick by brick in an attempt to set free my brain

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And I just hope that my heart is stronger now

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So much stronger than it was when I was twelve

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When if I thought too much

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I'd get sick to my stomach

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And I would feel like giving up

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Or throwing up it was just too tough

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And I'd sing 'Daniel' again and again

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And pretend you were just traveling on a plane

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Quarter century later it's still hard to take

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But with every red tail light I scream out your name

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Yeah with every red tail light I scream out your name

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Yeah with every red tail light I scream out your name

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I say 'Daniel, Daniel, Daniel'

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I say 'Daniel, Daniel, Daniel'

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I say 'Daniel, Daniel, Daniel'

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Baby boy, baby boy, baby boy

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Baby boy, baby boy, baby boy

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Baby boy, baby boy, baby boy

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Baby boy