Courtney Patton - So this is life

^CNineteen, actin' ^C7thirty-three, ^Amlivin' out a young girl's dream as ^Fplanned A ^Gbrick home, a mimosa tree, a single-car family ^Cman She ^Cstayed at home 'cause she ^C7wanted to, he ^Amtold her "That's what good ^Cmothers do" and she ^Flistened So he ^Gworked days, he worked nights, he worked so hard to get it right for them^C

So this is ^Clife ^C7 When you get ^Clost in a ^Ffairytale When you dream big and you ^Glove well When you barely get by^C

^CThirty-five, ^C7mother of three, ^Amkids at school, dayt^Cime TV: it's too ^Fquiet While the ^Glaundry dries she reads a book, when the kids get home she'll start to cook while they ^Cfight He works ^Covertime and he talks all ^C7day, when he gets ^Amhome he don't have nothin' to ^Csay and she's ^Fdyin' They need ^Gdifferent things it's evident, and all they share is what they spent on tryin'^C

So this is ^Clife ^C7 When you give up who you ^Fwanna be When you get good at ^Gmake-believe When you're livin' a lie^C

Now she's ^Cforty-nine, feelin' ^C7seventy and ^Amhangin' onto a ^Cmemory with ^Fboth hands They ^Glost a child ten years ago, one's strung out, one doesn't know who she ^Cis He took a ^Clover just last ^C7year, he ^Ambroke a bond and ^Clives in fear of the ^Fman he knew he'd become So he ^Gworked long days and stayed out nights tryin' to find the right way to run^C

So this is ^Clife ^C7 When you throw out the ^Fgame-plan When you can't seem to ^Gunderstand When you wish you could ^Cfly Guess this is ^Clife ^C7 When losin' is ^Fwinnin' When you see a new ^Gbeginnin' In the form of ^Cgoodbye