216.5 - A Better Me

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 nineteenI spent every waking moment at my computer screenI thought I was alone Too proud or scared to show itYou came to save a damselAnd you didn’t even know itNow I’m safer than I’ve ever beenI’m safer, yes it’s trueYou’ve written me a fairy taleWith words I never knewAnd you might ask me why I botherDoing what I doWell you’ve built a better meSo I’ll build a better world For youThere was a time when I was twenty-fourI spent hours writing essays and shutting every doorI thought I found myselfWithin a vision of the futureYou came and made a friendBefore you ever even knew herNow I’m surer than I’ve ever beenI’m surer, yes it’s trueYou’ve held my hand through thunder stormsAnd led me to the blue And you might ask me why I botherDoing what I doWell you’ve built a better meSo I’ll build a better worldFor youThere was a time when I was twenty-eightI wrapped up everything I’m worth into the things that I createI thought I was importantWith my love of rhyme and writingYou came in need of nothing moreThan a girl who’s too invitingNow I’m kinder than I’ve ever beenI’m kinder, yes it’s trueYou’ve shown me authenticityWasn’t something I outgrewAnd you might ask me why I botherDoing what I doWell you’ve built a better meSo I’ll build a better worldFor youThere was a time when I was thirty-twoI sang a song that I made up last week in front of all youI don’t know what I’m doingI sometimes think I’m worthlessBut you all gave me a platformYou all gave me a purposeNow I’m trying more than I’ve ever triedI’m trying, yes it’s trueTo reconnect the ends of allThe love that’s gone askewAnd you might ask me why I botherDoing what I doWell you’ve built a better meSo I’ll build a better worldFor you ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★