two songs. and the order in which i present them matter. enjoy.


someday they'll find your small town world
on a big town avenue
gonna make you like the way they talk
when they're talking to you
gonna make you break out of your shell
'cause they tell you to
gonna make you like the way they lie
better than the truth
they'll tell you everything
you wanted someone else to say
they're gonna break your heart, yeah

from what i've seen
you're just one more hand me down
'cause no one's tried to give you
what you need
so lay all your troubles down
i am with you now

somebody oughta take you in
try to make you love again
try to make you like the way they feel
when they're under your skin
never once do you think that they would lie
when they're holding you
then you wonder why they haven't called
when they said they'd call you
you'll start to wonder
if you're ever gonna make it by
you'll start to think
you were born blind

i'm here for the hard times
the straight to your heart times
when living ain't easy
you can stand up against me
and maybe rely on me
and cry on me, yeah

oh no, no, no

someday they'll open up your world
shake you down to the drawing board
they'll do their best to change you
they still can't erase you

lay them down on me
oh yeah
you're just one more hand me down
nd all those nights
don't give you what you need
so lay all your troubles down
on me


-matchbox twenty, hand me down




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i know a girl
she puts the color inside of my world
she's just like a maze
where all of the walls all continually change
and i've done all I can
to stand on her steps with my heart in my hands
now i'm starting to see
maybe it's got nothing to do with me

fathers be good to your daughters
daughters will love like you do
girls become lovers who turn into mothers
so mothers be good to your daughters too

oh, you see that skin?
it's the same she's been standing in
since the day she saw him walking away
now she's left
cleaning up the mess he made

fathers be good to your daughters
daughters will love like you do
girls become lovers who turn into mothers
so mothers be good to your daughters too

boys, you can break
you'll find out how much they can take
boys will be strong
and boys soldier on
but boys would be gone without warmth from
a woman's good, good heart

on behalf of every man
looking out for every girl
you are the god and the weight of her world

so fathers be good to your daughters
daughters will love like you do
girls become lovers who turn into mothers
so mothers be good to your daughters, too
so mothers be good to your daughters, too
so mothers be good to your daughters, too


-john mayer, daughters