E HoldC G E Well you can hold your hands together all you pleaseC G E Won’t erase those tender tidings you enduredC G E You were just another family member on their kneesC G D Just a social work statistic out the doorC G D They beat against the tender sidings of your soulC G D With all those pretty little hammers of controlC G D And where they are tonight well you will never knowC G E But I swear that I will find them nowC G E C GE MoreC G E It’s more than just a simple question of decayC G E More than all those fists that beat into your doorC G E It’s more than all the shrinks that told you you’re okayC G D It’s more than anything that I have waited forC G D They beat against the tender sidings of your soulC G D With all those pretty little hammers of controlC G D And if they even can remember I don’t knowC G E But I swear that they’ll remember nowC G E C G BDA K OUT THE MELODICA BOYS E C G x4E HomeC G E It’s just another word you’ll always push awayC G E Just a memory you wear outside your clothesC G E And it will burn down into cinders and some dayC G D They will burrow down to their parental holesC G D They beat against the tender sidings of your soulC G D With all those pretty little hammers of controlC G D And if they’ve ever paid a price well I don’t knowC G E But I swear that they will pay one now
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