B♭m
Don't damn me
When I speak a piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden
When I'm holding it inside
'C ause I've been where I have been
An I've seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper
'Cause it's all a part of me
Be it a song or a casual conversation
To hold my tongue speaks
Of quiet reservations
Your words once heard
They can place you in a faction
My words may disturb
But at least there's a reaction
Someti mes I want to kill
Sometimes I want to die
Sometimes I want to destroy
Sometimes I want to cry
So metimes I could get even
Sometimes I could give up
Sometimes I could give
Sometimes I never give a fuck
It's only for a while
I hope you understand
I never wanted this to happen
Didn't want to be a man
So I hid inside my world
I took what I could find
I cried when I was lonely
I fell down when I was blind
But do n't damn me when I speak
A piece of my mind
'Cause silence isn't golden
When I'm holding it inside
'Cause I've been where I have been
An I've seen what I have seen
I put the pen to the paper
'Cause it's all a part of me
How can I ever satisfy you
An ho w can I ever make you see
That, deep in side we're all somebody
An it don't matter who you want to be
F＃
But now I gotta smile I hope you comprehend
For this man can say it happened
'Cause this child has been condemned
So I stepped into your world
I kicked you in the mind
An I'm the only witness
To the nature of my crime
B♭m
But look at what we've done
To the innocent and young
Whoa listen to who's talking
'Cause we're not the only ones
The trash collected by the eyes
And dumped into the brain
Said it tears into our conscious thoughts
You tell me who's to blame
I know you don't want to hear me crying
An I know you don't want to hear me deny
That your satisfaction lies in your illusions
But your delusions are yours an not mine
We take for granted that we know the whole story
We judge a book by it's cover
And read what we want
G＃
Between selected lines
B♭m
Don't hail me
An don't idolize the ink
Or I've failed in my attentions
Can you find the missing link
Your on ly validation is in living your own life
Vi carious existence is a fucking waste of time
So I send this song to the offended
I sa id what I meant and I've never pretended
As so ma ny others do intending just to please
If I da mned your point of view
Could you turn the other cheek
B♭m
Do n't damn me when I speak a piece a mind
'Cause silence isn't golden
When I'm holding it inside
I've been where I have been
An I've seen what I have seen
B♭m
Put the pen to the paper
'Cause it's all a part of me
Do n't damn me
I said do n't damn me
I said do n't hail me
Ah, don't da mn me
B♭m／G＃／Fm B♭m／Fm／F＃ G＃ E♭ C＃ G＃ B♭m
