Tom: Dm
Dm Dm Dm Dm
[Verse 1]
Dm A Dm
Today would have been the perfect day to go to the beach
A
I'm on the sofa trying to get over a hate speech
Dm
We do not love ourselves the way the prophets teach
[Verse 2]
Dm A Dm
Even Jesus kept his feelings like a lamp in the dark
A
Until he flipped the tables over up in the market
Dm
Oh Mother, there are lamps but there are ... sparks
[Chorus]
A Dm C
But I need to know
Dm
I don’t need to be shown
Dm C
I've gotta see it for myself
Dm
I've gotta learn it on my own
Dm C Dm
I need to know if I am flesh & bone
A Dm
And am I still growing or full grown?
A Dm C Dm
Am I still growing, or full grown?
Dm Bb A
Oh, ooh, yeah
Dm C Dm
Bb A Dm
[Verse 3]
Dm A Dm
She’s coming up for the rising like the dark before dawn
A
She has come to a place and she feels like her love’s gone
Dm
She has come of an age and a line should be drawn
[Verse 4]
Dm A Dm
He’s walking around in a tank top getting caught in a bluff
A
Little boys do not cry, don’t you think that you’re hot stuff?
Dm
Its real tough when your daddy don’t call you enough, oh
[Chorus]
A Dm C
But I need to know
Dm
I don’t need to be shown
Dm C
I've gotta see it for myself
Dm
I've gotta learn it on my own
Dm C Dm
I need to know if I am flesh & bone
A Dm
And am I still growing or full grown?
A Dm C Dm
Am I still growing, or full grown? Hey!
Dm Bb A Dm C Dm
Oh, ooh, yeah
Dm Bb A
Oh, ooh
Dm Dm Dm Dm A
[Bridge]
Dm C Bb
Striking matches to watch ‘em burn in my childhood bedrooms
Dm C Bb
Little time, little water and light, little seed, every bud blooms
Dm C Bb
And I've been striking matches to watch ‘em burn in my childhood bedrooms, ooh
Dm C Bb
Little time, little water and light, little seed, every bud blooms, oh
[Verse 5]
Dm A Dm
There are days I need to tell myself I’m doing alright
A
My inner child and my ego get caught up in a knife fight
Dm
I get nervous, and then I will get out of sight
[Verse 6]
Dm Dm A/C# A
'Cause everybody I came up with says that I’m going too slow, woah
Dm A/C# A
But it’s cool though, 'cause I can hear my people when I check out the show
A
I feel real low
[Chorus] (Octave up)
A Dm C
'Cause I need to know
Dm
I don’t need to be shown
Dm C
I've gotta see it for myself
Dm
I've gotta learn it on my own
Dm C Dm
I need to know if I am flesh & bone
A Dm
And am I still growing or full grown?
[Chorus]
A Dm C
'Cause I need to know
Dm
Oh, I don’t need to be shown
Dm C
I've gotta see it for myself
Dm
I've gotta learn it on my own
Dm C Dm
I need to know if I am flesh & bone
A Dm
And am I still growing or full grown?
A Dm C Dm
Honey am I still growing, like a-a-a-ah- HEY!
Dm Bb A Dm
Oh, ooh, yeah
[Outro]
C Dm Dm Bb A
C Dm Dm Bb (strum) C/A
