Speechless Child chords by Richard Thompson
Verse 1
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Oh speechless
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child,
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who wants to touch you?
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Oh speechless child, no loving star
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Too dumb to scream,
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too dumb to an swer
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Can only listen, I'm locked the door
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Can't stand the sound
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of raging voices
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Can't stand the sound
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Boring tongue
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Shut in a place
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Where none can reach you
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A better place
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Than this cruel one
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Oh child
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Oh, child, speechless child,
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your mother blames you for her trouble,
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your father needs to
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Take a fight, and you're the
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smallest and meanest.
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Close the door, and close it tight.
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See all the joys of family living.
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You're better off by far today
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Your private life, your private life
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Oh, life is sweeter, so they say
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Oh, child, oh, child,
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speechless child
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Oh, speechless child,
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you'll never reason
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Oh, speechless child, the day will come
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You'll haunt a man
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whose days are measured
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Someday your knife will strike his thumb
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Oh child, oh child, speechless child
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Oh child, oh child,
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speechless child
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you
Speechless Child
Richard Thompson
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