"marilou" lyrics

You said maybe someday I'll be something like you
Sing like an angel, lovely and graceful
You said maybe I'll do the things you let slip through
Like record an album, could you imagine?

I couldn't see it then when I was ten
But you laid it out with the words you said
Your forget-me-not living on my wrist
Just reminding me that you knew then

Marilou
I wish you could see it
'Cause you're the reason
I push through
I wish you could hear it
The quiet singing
Singing just for you (Oooh)
Singing just for you (Oooh)

You told me poppa wanted to get me my own trumpet
So he could teach me, teach me to play it
You told me if you were my age you'd soak it all in
But I didn't hear you, I never listened

I couldn't see it then when I was ten
But you laid it out with the words you said
And your butterfly living on my chest
Just reminding me that you knew then

Marilou
I wish you could see it
'Cause you're the reason
I push through
I wish you could hear it
The quiet singing
Singing just for you (Oooh)
Singing just for you (Oooh)
Singing just for you (Oooh)
Singing just for you (Oooh)

Yeah, it's a lot deeper than DNA
Written in stone on the walls in my brain
So much has changed but you stayed the same
In every song I'm still hearing your voice
Every new year we just fill in the void
So much has changed (Don't forget me, okay?)

Marilou
I know you hear it
I know you see me
Looking back at you
Marilou
Mm-mm
(Oooh)
(Oooh)
(Oooh)
(Oooh)