[Intro]          (2x) 

[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 swored to

              
 myself that i

           
'm content wit

      
h 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 whats 

           
part of me her

e.
              
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
    
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

[Outro]
            
And i'm on my 

              
way to believi

      
ng
            
And i'm on my 

              
way to believi

 
ng