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[Verse 1]

Dm                                       A          Dm
Today would have been the perfect day to go to the beach
                                      A
I'm on the sofa trying to get over a hate speech
                                      Dm
We do not love ourselves the way the prophets teach

[Verse 2]

Dm                                   A           Dm
Even Jesus kept his feelings like a lamp in the dark
                                            A
Until he flipped the tables over up in the market
                                     Dm
Oh Mother, there are lamps but there are ... sparks


[Chorus]

A              Dm    C
But I need to know
         Dm
I don’t need to be shown
           Dm          C
I've gotta see it for myself
            Dm
I've gotta learn it on my own
          Dm   C        Dm
I need to know if I am flesh & bone
           A                    Dm
And am I still growing or full grown?
       A                     Dm      C  Dm
Am I still growing, or full grown?
Dm   Bb   A
Oh, ooh, yeah

Dm C Dm
Bb A Dm


[Verse 3]

Dm                                       A          Dm
She’s coming up for the rising like the dark before dawn
                                                A
She has come to a place and she feels like her love’s gone
                             Dm
She has come of an age and a line should be drawn

[Verse 4]
Dm                                            A          Dm
He’s walking around in a tank top getting caught in a bluff
                                                     A
Little boys do not cry, don’t you think that you’re hot stuff?
                                      Dm
Its real tough when your daddy don’t call you enough, oh


[Chorus]
A              Dm    C
But I need to know
         Dm
I don’t need to be shown
           Dm          C
I've gotta see it for myself
            Dm
I've gotta learn it on my own
          Dm   C        Dm
I need to know if I am flesh & bone
           A                    Dm
And am I still growing or full grown?
       A                     Dm      C  Dm
Am I still growing, or full grown?  Hey!
Dm   Bb   A    Dm  C Dm
Oh, ooh, yeah
Dm    Bb A
Oh, ooh

Dm Dm Dm Dm A


[Bridge]

Dm                   C                    Bb
Striking matches to watch ‘em burn in my childhood bedrooms
Dm                   C                      Bb
Little time, little water and light, little seed, every bud blooms
Dm                                 C                    Bb
And I've been striking matches to watch ‘em burn in my childhood bedrooms, ooh
Dm                   C                       Bb
Little time, little water and light, little seed, every bud blooms, oh


[Verse 5]

Dm                                        A      Dm
There are days I need to tell myself I’m doing alright
                                              A
My inner child and my ego get caught up in a knife fight
                                   Dm
I get nervous, and then I will get out of sight

[Verse 6]

Dm                                                   Dm A/C#   A
'Cause everybody I came up with says that I’m going too slow, woah
          Dm  A/C#                                            A
But it’s cool though, 'cause I can hear my people when I check out the show
             A
I feel real low


[Chorus] (Octave up)

A                 Dm    C
'Cause I need to know
         Dm
I don’t need to be shown
           Dm          C
I've gotta see it for myself
            Dm
I've gotta learn it on my own
          Dm   C        Dm
I need to know if I am flesh & bone
           A                    Dm
And am I still growing or full grown?

[Chorus]

A                 Dm    C
'Cause I need to know
            Dm
Oh, I don’t need to be shown
           Dm          C
I've gotta see it for myself
            Dm
I've gotta learn it on my own
          Dm   C        Dm
I need to know if I am flesh & bone
           A                    Dm
And am I still growing or full grown?
            A                            Dm    C  Dm
Honey am I still growing, like a-a-a-ah- HEY!

Dm  Bb    A   Dm
Oh, ooh, yeah

[Outro]
C Dm  Dm Bb A
C Dm Dm Bb (strum) C/A