Melinda Schneider When The Last Child Leaves Home

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Intro Chords: D A E A

With the birth of their daughter
The family begins
They tried for another then came the twins
From toothaches to heartbreaks
And fights for the phone
A house feels so empty
When the last child leaves home

When the last child leaves home
There’s the rest of forever
To cherish the memories
That they made together
They’re part of each other
So they’re not alone
But a house feels so empty
When the last child leaves home

Now there’s more peace and quiet
Than they’ve ever had
But it’s so damn quiet it’s driving them mad
So they’re trading the old place
For a beach they can comb
Cause a house feels so empty
When the last child leaves home

When the last child leaves home
There’s the rest of forever
To cherish the memories
That they made together
They’re part of each other
So they’re not alone
But a house feels so empty
When the last child leaves home
A house feels so empty
When the last child leaves home

Melinda Schneider The Story Of My Life

Intro: A F#m E D

I was born in ’71
Policeman dad and a yodelling mum
Got no brother sister ties
I’m an only child
Nana sang to me on the swing
Made me laugh with her tickling
Took the stage at the age of 3
It was mum and me

I remember when I would fall asleep
Under mum’s fur coat backstage
How the sound of her voice would comfort me
And I guess that nothing’s changed
So here I am before you now
Still trying to get it right
That’s the story that’s the story of my life

17 I was fashion queen
It was great lycra tights were in
I would sew for half the night
Just to look right
Met a man he was everything
Broke my heart I was 20 then
Had to learn how to be strong
How to move on

I remember when I cried all night
When my dog Rhoda died
And at 15 when I lost my Nan
She said God was by her side
So here I am before you now
Still trying to get it right
That’s the story that’s the story of my life

Ooooh oh yeah that’s the story of my life

Oooooooh Ooooooh yeah yeah

I remember the way he looked at me
When I walked on down the aisle
And how I cried those happy tears
when I became his wife
And yet here I am before you now
Still trying to get it right
That’s the story that’s the story of my life
That’s the story that’s the story of my life

I was born in 71
Policeman dad and a yodelling mum
I am proud of where I’m from
And who I've become