I Didnt Know

Intro

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I grew up in a brick house on 15th behind the bakery 
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Where my dad worked his bones into knots 
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My mom was a watcher, my mom was a listener 
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My mom was afraid to leave the house 
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I used to walk the city, winter in Cincinnati 
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Make you cry razors from the cold 
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I hear mom and dad fighting, the busted oven and then they're laughing 
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And she's chasing him down the hallway with a towel 


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I didn't know that 
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They didn't know 
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What they were doing  Mmm 
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I didn't know that 
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They didn't know 
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What they were doing  Mmm 



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I woke to the sound of sadness and tiptoed out the bedroom 
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To find dad crying at the window by the phone 
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In the morning I had not forgotten and the whole house felt different 
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I hugged my dad and left for school older and alone 
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Mom said his sister was a drinker and they tried everything to help her 
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But sometimes a story has already been told 
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And I laid in bed wondering what was already written 
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And who gets to decide where I go? 
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And I laid in bed wondering what was already written 
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And who gets to decide where I go? 


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I didn't know that 
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They didn't know 
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What they were doing  Mmm 
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I didn't know that 
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They didn't know 
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What they were doing  Mmm 

Outro
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Oh hey 
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Oh hey 
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