Verse: G C G Up in your nephew's room, playing on his cousin's guitar I wrote a song for you G C G You have done drove off everything I need, my box and my tumbleweed Am C D7 I picked it up on the way to flagstaff years ago Am C D7 I was hanging on to everything you had the grace to show Chorus: G Am C G You were young and you were hungry, Lord knows I was hungry too G Am C G We were both flat out starving for something worth while to lose G Am C G You were my bread I was your honey, up against a dark red wine G Am C G Trying to hold on to the lovely, through the bitter of hard times Verse 2: G C G Looking over the hill at the lights of your hometown I wrote a song for you G C Thinking of the way we met, a girl home from school and a boy just passing G through Am C D7 I got a job as a cutman at a house just down the road Am C D7 I'd never been to town before and I didnt know a soul Chorus: G Am C G I was young and I was hungry, Lord knows you were hungry too G Am C G We were both flat out starving for something worth while to lose G Am C G You were my bread I was your honey, up against a dark red wine G Am C G Trying to hold on to the lovely, through the bitter of hard times Bridge: Am C D7 Agate white wedding dress, turquoise on your ring Am C D7 Upright bass and violin as you walked the aisle to me Chorus: G Am C G I was young and I was hungry, Lord knows you were hungry too G Am C G We were both flat out starving for something worth while to lose G Am C G You were my bread I was your honey, up against a dark red wine G Am C G Trying to hold on to the lovely, through the bitter of hard times
