A
Ma!
A
If it's worth the made up smiles, the quiet fights
F#m
Oh mother!
F#m
It is hard not to look in the mirror's eye
A
I have come to this while you have come along
A         F#m                                         Bm      E    E7
So it's alright if you change your mind the other way around again
E7                   Bm      E    E7
I shouldn't have to spell my name

             D7M                               A
So start the two way monologues that speak your mind
A             D7M                              A     E
We're talking two way monologues with words that rhyme

A
We
A
can't reclaim the shirts we threw away last twirl
F#m                                    Bm          E    E7
Uncurl the note-in-pocket, personal brochures that dust
E7                          Bm    E    E7
Machine-washed, that's how paper rusts

   A      A7M   A7 x2   D7 x2   Dm7 x2
e -0-0- - -0-0- - -0-0- - -2-2- - -1- - -1- | 
B -2- -2- -2- -2- -2- -2- -2- -2- - -0- - - | 
G -2- - -2-1- - -1-0- - -0-2- - -2- - -2- - | 
D -2- - - -2- - - -2- - - -0- - - - - - - - | 
A -0- - - -0- - - -0- - - - - - - - - - - - | 
E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 


A  A7M      A7              A7               D7    D7  Dm7 Dm7
Days you spend wanting some of Michael Landon's grace
       F#m                                            Bm
strike back, now they shape your life as stony as his face
   E  E7                   Bm        E   E7
Oh no! I shouldn't have to spell his name

             D7M                              A
So start the two way monologues that speak your mind
A         D7M                              A
Start the two way monologues with words that rhyme
A         D7M                              A
Start the two way monologues that speak your mind
A             D7                 A
We're talking two way monologues

Solo Break: D7M , A

             D7M                              A
So start the two way monologues that speak your mind
A         D7M                              A
Start the two way monologues with words that rhyme
A         D7M                              A
Start the two way monologues that speak your mind
A             D7                 A
We're talking two way monologues

End on: A