176 ode to my family

"Ode To My Family"

ǩȚd
ǩȚd tǩ
tǩ maǺ
maǺ ɑfæmǩ
fæmǩli |

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo...
Understand the things I say, don't turn

ɕȜndǩɑstæn(d) ðǩ θǺŋz aǺ seǺ | dǩȚn(t) tǬən

away from me,

ǩɑweǺ frǩm miə |

'Cause I've spent half my life out there, you

kǢz aǺv spent hǡəf maǺ laǺf aȚt ðeǩ |

wouldn't disagree.

ju ɑwȚdn(t) ɕdǺsǩɑDZriə |

Do you see me? Do you see? Do you like

dju siə mi | dju siə | dǩ ju ɑlaǺk

me?

mi |

Do you like me standing there? Do you

dǩ ju ɑlaǺk mi ɑstændǺŋ ðeǩ | dju

notice?

ɑnǩȚtǺs |

Do you know? Do you see me? Do you see

dǩ ju nǩȚ | dǩ ju siə mi | dǩ ju

me?

siə mi |

Does anyone care?

dǩz ɑeniwȜn keǩ |

Unhappiness where's when I was young,

ȜnɑhæpǺnǩs weǩz wen aǺ wǩz jȜŋ |

And we didn't give a damn,

ǩn(d) wi ɑdǺdn(t) DZǺv ǩ dæm |

'Cause we were raised,

kǢz wi wǩ reǺzd |

To see life as fun and take it if we can.

tǩ siə laǺf ǩz fȜn ǩn(d) teǺk Ǻt Ǻf wi kæn |

My mother, my mother,

maǺ ɑmȜðǩ | maǺ ɑmȜðǩ |

She hold me, she hold me, when I was out

ȓi hǩȚl(d) miə | ȓi hǩȚl(d) miə | wen aǺ wǩz

there.

aȚt ðeǩ |

My father, my father,

maǺ ɑfǡəðǩ | maǺ ɑfǡəðǩ |

He liked me, oh, he liked me. Does anyone

hi ɑlaǺkt miə | ǩȚ | hi ɑlaǺkt miə | dǩz

care?

ɑeniwȜn keǩ |

Understand what I've become, it wasn't my

ɕȜndǩɑstæn(d) wǢt aǺv bǺɑkȜm | Ǻt ɑwǢzn(t)

design.

maǺ dǺɑzaǺn |

And people ev'rywhere think, something

ǩn(d) ɑpiəplʜ evriweǩ θǺŋk | ɑsȜmθǺŋ

better than I am.

ɑbetǩ ðǩn aǺ æm |

But I miss you, I miss, 'cause I liked it,

bǩt aǺ mǺs ju | aǺ mǺs | kǢz aǺ laǺkt Ǻt |

'Cause I liked it, when I was out there. Do

kǢz aǺ laǺkt Ǻt | wen aǺ wǩz aȚt ðeǩ | dju

you know this?

nǩȚ ðǺs |

Do you know you did not find me. You did

dju nǩȚ ju dǺd nǢt faǺn(d) miə | ju dǺd nǢt

not find. Does anyone care?

faǺnd |dǩz ɑeniwȜn keǩ |

COMPILED: JUAN CARLOS DAVID