G 
We were raised in a little house 
 
With three of us lord it must?ve been rough 
C                                   G 
But mom and daddy knew just what to do 
 
They tried to teach us right from wrong 
 
About the lord and the angels above 
C                                  D  
But there were things I never understood 
 
(Chorus) 
C                             D 
Like where they went when the sun came up 
G          F#m         Em 
Some other lady taking care of us 
Am             C              D 
Waiting by the door late afternoon 
C                          D 
The way he laughed and the way she smiled 
G          F#m              Em 
The loving hugs that lasted for a while 
Am                   C               D 
The sun went down to fast and way to soon 
C             D             G 
Lord I wish I could?ve understood 
 
G C D G 
 
G 
Now we?re all grown and we?ve our ways 
 
I?ve got two kids begging me to play 
C                                 G 
But what I do takes up most of my time 
 
We try to teach them right from wrong 
 
About the lord and the angels above 
C                                    D 
But in they?re eyes I see the past I knew 
 
(Chorus2) 
C                         D 
Like where we go when the sun comes up 
G          F#m         Em 
Some other lady taking care of ?em 
 
Am             C              D 
Waiting by the door late afternoon 
C                       D 
The way I laugh and the way she smiles 
G          F#m            Em 
The loving hugs that last for a while 
Am                   C               D 
The sun goes down to fast and way to soon 
C                D       G 
Lord I wish they somehow understood 
 
 
(bridge) 
C                D 
We try to do the best we can 
G            F#m                Em                                                                      
To give them love and make them understand 
Am             C                D 
Why we have to do the things we do 
C                D            G    F#m   Em 
Lord I wish they somehow understood 
C                D             G 
Lord I wish they could?ve understood