Take My Life
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Got a habit, i'll admit it
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but the fall's worth the sin
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when you're floating, for a moment,
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like a sock in the wind
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it's an old myth
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with a brand new twist
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so come on kids
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to the drawbridge
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ain't no time to live
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with your head inside the noose
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and the rocks inside your shoes too
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take my life
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day to day
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drop me off in a better place
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Got a daily cycle of remorse and regret
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keeps me going up the mountain when I can't seem to quit
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and a daily cycle of burn and rebuild
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gets me running into traffic when I can't get killed
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with my head inside the noose
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yeah the rocks inside my shoes do
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take my life
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day to day
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drop me off in a better place
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And if my key breaks in the lock
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I'm taking off for a better place
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And if my wheels are falling off
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i'll take a walk for a better place
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better place
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take my life
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ithaca
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i took a bus to the train to the airport
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they had no flights when I arrived
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so I took a cab from my door to upstate new york
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I paid the price, I paid the price
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if you believe it, if you believe it
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I'll waste no time
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I sent my heart up to ithaca, ithaca
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I don't know just how far
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I set my heart up in ithaca, ithaca
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i don't know just what for
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deacons
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my mother said be yourself, no one else
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all this she said loving us to her death
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she spread herself thin, like the last of the jam
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she gave and gave and gave again
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my jesus said love the whore, not yourself
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all this he said spraying blood from the head
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he passed the bread out to the men with their mouths
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widest open
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i have a nature, and i have a body
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i'll leave it to miracles, wipe out the memory
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between stealing the wine
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passing our notes, sneaking our looks
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deacons reaching around
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breaking their vows, creeping us out
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we broke all the lead
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made our minds up instead
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to just wait and wait and wait it out
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so we wait and wait and wait it out
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got god
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got god, got boring
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lost god, stayed boring got drunk
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found god, once again
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stayed drunk, now i'm singin' my sins
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that stage, my pulpit
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these days, i take what i can get
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and i pray so hard
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thank god for this damn guitar
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got god, got boring
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lost god, stayed boring, got drunk
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found god, once again
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stayed drunk, now i'm singing my sins
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my guardian angel
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her arms are wrapped so tight around me
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and i'm safe so far
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my baby's driving my car
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one long country song
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it's one long country song to the metro
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which is five blocks by anyone else's count
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it's a song that recollects a dinner with a friend
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and as the song comes to an end, you're going down
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and it's one long awkward talk til the daylight
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and it's one small challenge you can't meet
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so if you were counting on ideals or a dream
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stay awake. she will steal them in your sleep
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and if the long song's killing you through white headphones with no bass
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and the bottom end is dropping out your chest
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know the morning travelers are all feeling quite the same
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oh but still nobody is jumping to the tracks
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cuz it's just one small woman with a long eye on your soul
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and it's five blocks of cursing at yourself
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and it's one long dirty escalator down the hole
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and as the song comes to an end, maybe it helps
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that as the song comes to an end, you're going home
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<br>
get your shit together for the holidays
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haven't talked to anyone from back home
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til the one phone call from the one pay phone in town
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you were getting sober, oh but not by choice
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when your mom just died at the sound of your voice
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when you call for help
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for a buck to eat
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and the candles melt
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in her advent wreath
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and she says your name
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and you swear you will change.
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get your shit together for the holidays
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you can cheer up, take some medication
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keep your shit together for a couple days
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you can fake whatever it takes
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dust off a box of old forgotten clothes
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if you clean up nice, no one will ever know
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but what's the point of one more disguise
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when you're not even yourself in your daily life?
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because nothing fits
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and you look like shit
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and you oughta call
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and call off the trip
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but she said your name
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it was all she could say
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get your shit together for the holidays
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you can cheer up, take some medication
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keep your shit together for a couple days
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you can fake whatever it takes.
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know that going home is not the end
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hope a family can be a friend
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know the bones you broke will mend
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build the bridges that you burnt again
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fake id's
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i don't mind you lying to me
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i don't mind you lying to me
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if you think you're right
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you must be
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deceive enough for me to just believe
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i'm everything you say you want
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you're all i oughta need
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we all got fake id's
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and fake social security
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if you say it's fine
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it must be
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in seven years our skin will itch
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we'll shed our flesh and slither off again
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we'll act as if we never knew each other
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which is pretty accurate
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cause you are a spy
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and I am a thief
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the truth is a lie
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you just need
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Another Worse Cliché
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Family time
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Talk about taking a wife
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Give her the life
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Keep the attraction alive
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We've got nothing to say
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We've got nothing left to hide
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Only a couple of nice
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Sweet undetectable lies.
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Call me and say
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I'm not blowing off this phase
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Just to be another worse cliché.
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Tell me again
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About all the rabbits, George
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I feed em at night
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Keep the distractions alive
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We've got places to go
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We've got bicycles to buy
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Fit for a couple of nice
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Little impressionable guys.
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Call me and say
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We're not blowing off this phase
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Just to be another worse cliché.
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Can't be a sin
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To keep the emotion in
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Oh, can't be a lie
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Keep the attraction alive
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The City That Never Wakes Up
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Awkward pauses, traffic lights
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White lies, black ice
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Slipped on something you once said
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Ain't got up yet.
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In the city that never wakes up
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I learned how to lie down
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Realize we've stopped holding hands
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Not sure just when
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Skyline looks like burned out cigarettes
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Buildings, not home yet
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In the city that never wakes up
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I learned how to lie down.
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How do you react when it's just fucking obvious?
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How do you act un-numb?
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Turn to Sand
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I look at you
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And then I break a sweat
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Almost have a heart attack
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I'm not that lucky yet.
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I put my mind to rest
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I give my heart to want it less
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Want it less
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When you don't want what you love.
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I look at you
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And then I turn to sand
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Dissolve into pollen and
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I'm fallin' through your hands
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And then I blow away
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A million lives that could have been
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Could have been
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Now you don't know what you lost.
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You look at me
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I'm headin' for the door
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Hell, now that I got it, well,
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I don't know what I wanted it for.
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Of all the wrong mistakes
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All the ones I should have made
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Are the ones I can't outrun.
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Lot starts a'leavin'
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Wife starts a'screamin'
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How can you break it
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How can you throw it away?
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I don't blame her
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I don't blame her.
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Oh look at me
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I said it all along
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I'm gonna sing the only song I know
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I'm a'singin' the only song I know…
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Mortal Sin
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Feelin' sad at the end of an empire
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Wonderin' if I have any right.
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I lived every minute without a thought of connection
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What's the use of a deathbed lie?
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I'm in mortal sin in paradise.
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If the water should rise I'm going on a vacation
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Cambodia, buy some real cheap shoes
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Thailand's got those really great restaurants
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Pack the KY for the prostitutes.
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I'm in mortal sin in paradise.
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I'm in mortal sin, yeah, I feel alright.
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For the long flight in I got a pocket full of Ambien
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And if I want to get high I'll take two and stay awake
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But I better get some rest cuz the times are a'changin'
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I'll wanna wake up fresh in a world of hate
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I'm in mortal sin, and it's paradise
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I'm in mortal sin, I'm alright, I'm alright.
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