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G D It's my mother's language
G D It's my mother tongue
G D I don't speak it perfect
A F#mAnd that makes me dumb.
Verse 2
G D First to lose the accent
G D Last to get the joke
G D A. F#m What's the word for having nowhere to go
Pre-Chorus
Em7 DAnd it's always in the back of my mind
F# GOr on the tip of my tongue
Chorus
G Em7Ooh.
DIf it's hard to read
AIt's just poetry
G Em7Ooh.
DThat's just how I speak
A GIni puisiku
Em7Dari dulu
DAku tahu
A G Em7That I sound nothing, nothing like you
DSo they laugh at me
AAt my poetry
Verse 3
G D It's my fathers' lessons
G D From his fathers hurt
G D A F#m Try to disagree but I can't find the words
Verse 4
G D It's pain that's in the silence
G D The tears that speak for me
G D A What's the word for all that's lost in between
Pre-Chorus
Em7 DAnd it's always in the back of my mind
F# GOr on the tip of my tongue
Em7 DSwear that I was fluent when I was young
F# GNow I can't even write you a song
Chorus
G Em7Ooh.
DIf it's hard to read
AIt's just poetry
G Em7Ooh.
DThat's just how I speak
A GIni puisiku
Em7Dari dulu
DAku tahu
A G Em7That I sound nothing, nothing like you.
DSo they laugh at me
AAt my poetry
Outro
G Em7 D Ah
AIt's just poetry
G Em7 D Ah
A G Em7D AIt's just poetry
G Em7 DAh.
A GIt's just poetry
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