tom: A5 Intro: A5 A5 A5 D5 A5 A5 B5 E5 A5 A5 A5 D5 A5 A5 B5 E5 A5 A5 She takes the back road and the lane A5 D5 Past the school that has not changed in all this time A5 A5 She thinks of when the boy was young B5 E5 A5 All the battles she had won just to give him life A5 A5 D5 That man, she loved that man for all his life A5 A5 B5 E5 And now we meet to take him flowers and only God knows why D5 B5 F#5 For what's the use of pressing palms when children fade in mothers' arms? D5 It's a cruel world, we've so much to lose B5 E5 E5 E5 And what we have to learn, we rarely choose D5 C5 D5 So if it's God who took her son D5 E5 A5 He cannot be the one living in her mind D5 G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 "Take care, my love", she said, "Don't think that God is dead" D5 G5 A5 F5 G5 C5 A5 A5 A5 D5 "Take care, my love", she said, "You have been loved" A5 A5 A5 D5 If I was weak, forgive me, but I was terrified A5 A5 You brushed my eyes with angels' wings B5 E5 Full of love, the kind that makes devils cry A5 A5 A5 D5 So, these days my life has changed and I'll be fine A5 A5 B5 E5 But she just sits and counts the hours, searching for her crime D5 B5 F#5 So what's the use of pressing palms if you won't keep such love from harm? D5 It's a cruel world, you've so much to prove B5 E5 E5 E5 And heaven help the ones who wait for you D5 C5 D5 Well, I've no daughters, I've no sons D5 E5 A5 Guess I'm the only one living in my life D5 G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 "Take care, my love", he said, "Don't think that God is dead" D5 G5 A5 F5 G5 C5 C5 "Take care, my love", he said, "You have been loved"
