forget-me-not

Capo 3

V - EmDGC, B - CGEmD

I know this is far too late

But I’ll say it anyhow

I hope that you remember me well

Even when you settle down

I’ve been overthinking lately

And I still see your face

But please don’t get it twisted baby

I’m not saying that I’ll stay

Cuz you’re an ex for a reason

But then you walk into the room

And I forget what the reason was

Scared to death you’ll leave

And then, in moving on from us,

Go and forget why we fell in love

You were in my dream last weekend

Criss-cross on the floor

Your little girl was broken-hearted

‘Cause boys are immature

She looked at you with eyes like wildfire

Asking why hearts bleed

So you told her all about your first love

You told her about me

Ex for a reason

But then you walk into the room

And I forget what the reason was

Scared to death you’ll leave

And then, in moving on from us,

Go and forget why we fell in love

But I can hear the high-pitched squealing

The “oh my god, dad, I can’t  believe that

You looked like that when you were 18!”

I can almost see the grinning, the pointing

“Who’s that girl with you? She real pretty”

Promise when you launch into stories

You’ll tell her about me?

“Jeez Louise, she sounds like she’s crazy”

You’ll just laugh, say “oh she was, trust me

Broke my heart but look what it taught me

Look what she taught me”

I hope in 10 years you’ll invite me

To have dinner with our new families

We’ll tell stories about how stupid we were

And laugh about the night that you met her

When I’m looking out at the table

Full of beautiful kids with your whiskey eyes

Well…

Didn’t I tell you we’d be alright?

Ex for a reason

But then you walk into the room

And I forget

I forget

Scared to death you’ll leave

And then, in moving on from us,

Go and forget

You forget