B    E   B   A      B       
Forgotten youth
Forgotten knife 
Forgotten stains
On that bloody night

F   C    G     Bb
I made a mistake
Why can’t you take it back?
You had to go and stab me 
Stab me right in the back

B    E   B   A      B       
Mistaken thoughts
Mistaken words
Mistaken knife
Hitting me where it hurts

F   C    G     Bb
I made a mistake
Why can’t you take it back?
You had to go and stab me 
Stab me right in the back

B    E   B   A      B       
Unthoughtful   notes
Unthoughtful   pervs
Unthoughtful   kids
They got a lot of nerve

F   C    G     Bb
I made a mistake
Why can’t you take it back?
You had to go and stab me 
Stab me right in the back

B    E   B   A      B       
Stupid life 
Stupid kids
Stupid knife
Telling it how it is

F   C    G     Bb
I made a mistake
Why can’t you take it back?
You had to go and stab me 
Stab me right in the back

B    E   B   A      B       
Annoying bitch
Annoying ich
Annoying stitch
A disastrous mix



F   C    G     Bb
I made a mistake
Why can’t you take it back?
You had to go and stab me 
Stab me right in the back 

B    E   B   A      B       
Constant beep
My bedroom reeks
Constant noise
I can’t get no sleep

F   C    G     Bb
I made a mistake
Why can’t you take it back?
You had to go and stab me 
Stab me right in the back

B   E A   D
A promise gone
A promise dead
A promise broken
In my head

B  E A  D
A promise gone
A promise dead
A promise broken
In my head

F   C    G     Bb
I made a mistake
Why can’t you take it back?
You had to go and stab me 
Stab me right in the back

B    E   B   A      B       
Forgiven lies
Forgiven times
Forgiven youth
But a forgotten live




Joe O’Neill    25/09/02