VERSE1: 
E                               
I don't want to be the filler if the  
Esus4 
void is solely yours 
E                                         Esus4 
I don't want to be your glass of single malt whiskey 
                           E 
Hidden in the bottom drawer 
E                                      Esus4 
I don't want to be the bandage if the wound is not mine 
E           Esus4   E 
Lend me some fresh air 
E                                  
I don't want to be adored for what I  
Esus4 
merely represent to you 
E  
I don't want to be your baby sitter 
         Esus4 
You're a very big boy now 
E 
I don't want to be your mother 
          Esus4 
I didn't carry you in my womb for nine months 
E         Esus4 
Show me the back door 

[Refrão]
G                  A                
Visiting hours are 9 to 5 and if  
    E 
I show up at 10 past 6, well I 
G       A                                                    
Already know that you'd find  
E 
some way to sneak me in and oh 
G              A              
Mind the empty bottle with the  
E 
holes along the bottom, you see it's 
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Too much to ask for and I am not the doctor 
VERSE2: (same chords as above) 
I don't want to be the sweeper of the  
eggshells that you up walk upon 
I don't want to be your other half  
I believe that 1 and 1 make 2  
I don't want to be your food or the  
light from the fridge on your face at midnight 
Hey what are you hungry for 
I don't want to be the glue  
that holds your pieces together 
I don't want to be your idol 
see this pedestal is high and I'm afraid of heights 
I don't want to be lived through  
A vicarious occasion, please 
open the window 
 
(Repeat Chorus) 
 
VERSE3: 
I don't want to live on someday  
when my motto is next week 
I don't want to be responsible for your fractured heart 
and its wounded beat 
I don't want to be a substitute  
for the smoke you've been inhaling 
What do you thank me 
What do you thank me for 
 
(Repeat Chorus)