[Style: Classical Broadway Ballad, Intimate Soliloquy, Solo Grand Piano, Soft Orchestral Strings, Warm Cello, Harp, Tender, Emotional, Broadway Diction, 72 BPM] [Intro] [Chord: C - Fmaj7 - G - C] [Sparse, delicate piano arpeggio] [Cello enters with a soft, mournful tone] [Verse 1] [Chord: C - Am - F - G] [Vulnerable and storytelling delivery] Little boy's sup-posed to do what he's told Little girl's sup-posed to pa-lish her toes May-be they're to-geth-er when they're ol-der and all grown up Dad-dy's sup-posed to put bread on the tay-bull Dad-dy's gone and yoor ma-ma ain't a-bull Are yoo hun-gry when the mon-ey's all run out? [Chorus] [Chord: F - G - C - Am] [With growing warmth and a slight swell of strings] Tell me little dear if yoo own-lee lived here Did yoo real-lee ev-er live at all? 'Cause yoo'd be a-mazed in the sum-mer how the days Of the spring turn in-to fall Just liss-en to yoor brother Yoo can run in the cov-er of the night sky when it falls I know that yoo think that yoo're grown But yoo're just tall [Post-Chorus] [Chord: Fmaj7 - G - C] Ooh-ooh-ooh... [Soft harp glissando] [Verse 2] [Chord: C - Am - F - G] [Intimate and reflective] A real-lee priddy girl in a real-lee small town Ea-sy to be-lieve yoo that yoo'd nev-er set-tle down Ma-ma told her ma-ma just the same not long a-go Yoo want a babe, the same as yoor friends Find a ring on yoor finger, and yoor sto-ry will end Yoo'll be look-in' 'round, won-der where did the time go? [Chorus] [Chord: F - G - C - Am] Tell me little dear if yoo own-ly lived here Did yoo real-ly ev-er live at all? 'Cause yoo'd be a-mazed in the sum-mer how the days Of the spring turn in-to fall Just lis-ten to yoor brother Yoo can run in the cover of the night sky when it falls I know that yoo think that yoo're grown But yoo're just tall [Bridge] [Chord: Dm - G - Em - Am] [Building to a poignant emotional peak] Woah-oh... Don't yoo think I know There nev-er was a red light in our town? Woah-oh... I don't wanna have to say I told yoo so Take this chance and go right now! [Chorus] [Chord: F - G - C - Am] [Full orchestral warmth - Bittersweet] Tell me little dear if yoo own-lee lived here Did yoo real-lee ev-er live at all? 'Cause yoo'd be a-mazed in the sum-mer how the days Of the spring turn in-to fall Just liss-en to yoor brother Yoo can run in the cuvf-er of the night sky when it falls I know that yoo think that yoo're grown… [Slowing down - piano and cello only] But yoo're just tall. [Outro] [Chord: Fmaj7 - G - C] [Fading to a whisper] Ooh-ooh-ooh... You think that yoo're grown… [One final, resonant piano note] [End]
