[Intro]

      (x2)


[Verse 1]

             
When I was you

              
nger I saw my 

           
daddy cry and 

              
curse at the w


ind.
             
He broke his o

              
wn heart and I

              
 watched as he

           
 tried to re-a

        
ssemble it.
             
And my mamma s

              
wore she would

           
 never let her

         
self forget.
             
And that was t

              
he day that I 

              
promised I'd n

             
ever sing of l

#
ove if does no

t

exist. But dar

ling...


[Chorus]


You are the on

ly exception
         
You are the on

ly exception

You are the on

ly exception
          
You are the on

  
ly exception


[Verse 2]
              
Maybe I know s

              
omewhere deep 

           
in my soul tha

             
t love never l

asts.
             
And we've got 

              
to find other 

              
ways to make i

           
t alone or kee

             
p a straight f

ace.
             
And i've alway

              
s lived like t

              
his keeping a 

          
comfortable, d

istance.
             
And up until n

              
ow I swore to 

              
myself that I'

           
m content with

     
 loneliness,
       
'cause none of

 it was ever w

orth the risk.


[Chorus]

    
But you are th

e only excepti

on
         
You are the on

ly exception

You are the on

ly exception
         
You are the on

ly exception


[Bridge]

     

           
I've got a tig

ht grip on rea

lity,
              
But I can't le

             
t go of what's

             
 part of me he

#
re.
              
I know you're 


leaving tomorr

ow, when you w

ake up,
             
Leave me with 

              
some kind of p

              
roof it's not 

  
a dream.
     
whoa 


[Chorus] (x2)


[Tag]
             
And I'm on my 

             
way to believi

   
ng
             
And I'm on my 

             
way to believi

   
ng