Daniel Baby Boy Chords & Lyrics - Kimya Dawson

[VERSE 1]
[G]I was twelve and things had been
[C]Pretty okay up till then
The [D]only deaths I’d experienced
Were of [G]pets and the grandparents of my friends

[VERSE 2]
[G]I was in gifted and talented
Until [C]right around the seventh grade
But [D]that is when everything changed
And I [G]had to flip a switch and shut off my brain

[CHORUS]
Cause if I [G]thought [D]too [C]much
I’d get [G]sick to [D]my [C]stomach
And I would [G]feel like [D]giving [C]up
Or throwing up it was just [D]too tough

[VERSE 3]
[G]Cause that is when I realized that
[C]Even little babies die and
[D]I had to build a wall inside to
[G]Keep me from losing my mind

[VERSE 4]
[G]He was only nine months old
[C]A kid I’d babysit and hug and hold
And I would [D]tickle his toes and pat his head
And watch his [G]chest rise and fall as he slept in his crib

[BRIDGE]
And then my [G]dad said [D]late last [C]night
A drunk [G]driver hit [D]their car he [C]didn’t survive
And his [G]mom was hurt [D]bad but his [C]dad is alright
His big [G]brother is [D]fine cause he [C]stayed at the party
Yeah yeah [G]steven is [D]fine cause he [C]stayed at the party

[CHORUS]
And if I [G]thought [D]too [C]much
I’d get [G]sick to [D]my [C]stomach
And I would [G]feel like [D]giving [C]up
Or throwing up it was just [D]too tough

[VERSE 5]
Sometimes things [G]happen when [D]we are [C]small
That we [G]just don’t have [D]the tools to [C]deal with at all
So we [G]bottle them [D]up and we [C]just don’t see
How the [G]stuff that we [D]stuff will [C]affect who we’ll be

[VERSE 6]
What prot[G]ects us as [D]kids slowly [C]makes us insane
So I’m [G]trying to dis[D]mantle [C]barricades
Brick by [G]brick in an [D]attempt to [C]set free my brain
Brick by [G]brick in an [D]attempt to [C]set free my brain
And I just [G]hope that my [D]heart is [C]stronger now
So much [G]stronger than [D]it was when [C]I was twelve

[CHORUS]
When if I [G]thought [D]too [C]much
I’d get [G]sick to [D]my [C]stomach
And I would [G]feel like [D]giving [C]up
Or throwing up it was just [D]too tough

[VERSE 7]
And I’d sing ‘[G]Daniel’ [D]again and [C]again
And pre[G]tend you were [D]just trave[C]ling on a plane
Quarter [G]century [D]later it’s [C]still hard to take
But with [G]every red [D]tail light I [C]scream out your name
Yeah with [G]every red [D]tail light I [C]scream out your name
Yeah with [G]every red [D]tail light I [C]scream out your name

[OUTRO]
I say ‘[G]Daniel, [D]Daniel, [C]Daniel’
I say ‘[G]Daniel, [D]Daniel, [C]Daniel’
I say ‘[G]Daniel, [D]Daniel, [C]Daniel’
Baby [G]boy, baby [D]boy, baby [C]boy
Baby [G]boy, baby [D]boy, baby [C]boy
Baby [G]boy, baby [D]boy, baby [C]boy
Baby [G]boy