The Mallard Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I still remember how
we played together now
[D]You in the water and [C]me on [G]the land
I'd call and you'd follow me
People would smile at us
Tak[D]ing their pictures of [C]you in [G]my hand
[C]There in the city [G]park we could stay in
A [D]pool you could swim and an
[C]is land [G]for a home
[C]Young ones each summer
you [G]raised to the water
Then [D]stayed for the cold
as they [C]left you [G]alone
You were my beauty,
my peace and my pleasure
A [D]friend I could come to
as [C]both of [G]us aged
Wild and not knowing that
freedom's a treasure
The [D]city's a prison,
but [C]you were [G]un caged
So [C]how could they leave you
[G]to live with your freedom
To [D]share time and silence
with [C]one quiet [G]boy
For [C]all things of beauty [G]they
could not believe in
They could [D]not conceive,
so they [C]had to des[G]troy
I saw them laughing and
running together
[D]Clutching the red stones and
[C]chanting my [G]name
Jeering and joking, they left me forever
To [D]search for the meaning,
to carry [C]the [G]shame
For [C]I found you broken,
[G]battered and bleeding
Someone [D]found me wondering
[C]late in [G]the night
And [C]all I could ask him
[G]was how could it happen
And [D]why should it happen
and who could [C]I f[G]ight
My father came calling me
angry and frightened
An[D]d as I cried constantly
[C]he was [G]afraid
Quietly telling me that I was growing
[D]To live in the world as
[C]the world had [G]been made
But [C]could I believe in [G]the love
he had promised
The [D]dream he had painted
in [C]which I could [G]live
If [C]somebody smashes the
[D]love [G]that you offer
There's [D]less that you show and
there's less you can [G]give[D]
[G]And I still remember how we
played together now
[D]You in the water and [C]me on [G]the land
But it's been so hard not
to carry the hatred
And [D]try though I have,
I still [G]can[C]'t under[G]stand[D][G]
you