216.5 - A Better Me

The Usual Bet

Hi, I'm Sophie! I wrote this song for my friends - Pudding, Chloe, and Kimmy - as well as all my friends in this community. Thank you all for everything you've done for me, and I only hope to repay your love in kind.

The chords for this song are simply: G, D, Am, C. It ends on a single G. It's incredibly easy to learn, if you want to get into ukulele.

Lyrics:
There was a time when I was nineteen

I spent every waking moment at my computer screen

I thought I was alone

Too proud or scared to show it

You came to save a damsel

And you didn’t even know it

Now I’m safer than I’ve ever been

I’m safer, yes it’s true

You’ve written me a fairy tale

With words I never knew

And you might ask me why I bother

Doing what I do

Well you’ve built a better me

So I’ll build a better world

For you

There was a time when I was twenty-four

I spent hours writing essays and shutting every door

I thought I found myself

Within a vision of the future

You came and made a friend

Before you ever even knew her

Now I’m surer than I’ve ever been

I’m surer, yes it’s true

You’ve held my hand through thunder storms

And led me to the blue
And you might ask me why I bother

Doing what I do

Well you’ve built a better me

So I’ll build a better world

For you

There was a time when I was twenty-eight

I wrapped up everything I’m worth into the things that I create

I thought I was important

With my love of rhyme and writing

You came in need of nothing more

Than a girl who’s too inviting

Now I’m kinder than I’ve ever been

I’m kinder, yes it’s true

You’ve shown me authenticity

Wasn’t something I outgrew

And you might ask me why I bother

Doing what I do

Well you’ve built a better me

So I’ll build a better world

For you

There was a time when I was thirty-two

I sang a song that I made up last week in front of all you

I don’t know what I’m doing

I sometimes think I’m worthless

But you all gave me a platform

You all gave me a purpose

Now I’m trying more than I’ve ever tried

I’m trying, yes it’s true

To reconnect the ends of all

The love that’s gone askew

And you might ask me why I bother

Doing what I do

Well you’ve built a better me

So I’ll build a better world

For you

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