Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 A black and white photograph

 of me up the garden path

 wrapped up in my football scarf

 it sits here in my hand

 and there mother smothered me

 and how she would mother me

 she knew how to suffer me

 like all mothers can

 Now she is everywhere

 the comb that runs through my hair

 my posture on a chair

 but that's not who I am

 He ran from the arguments

 and sat on the garden fence

 and lived in the passing tense

 that fell from her lips

 he tended the house so well

 and each time she rang his bell

 he'd climb back from where he fell

 and gathered his wits

 Now I fear the mold is mine

 a vibration shakes my spine

 as I walk the crooked line

 reality hits

Chorus

 So let me walk free from you

 I know that you want me to

 let me try something new

 let me walk away

 If it's not one thing it's your mother

 how I love her how I love her

 how I love her

 but it's not so easy to say

 please won't you let me walk away

 let me walk away let me walk away

Instrumental

 So let me walk on my own

 and finish my ice cream cone

 if we are to make it home

 then all will be well

 look see I'm a father now

 I'm raising my own eyebrow

 and being in my own row

 and making life hell

 This is me see here I am

 doing the best that I can

 this life has a subtle plan

 but you couldn't tell

REPEAT CHORUS