[00:03.12]Virginia Woolf and poetry
[00:04.49]No one seemed to notice me
[00:05.91]Being young was getting so old
[00:08.68]Cheap beer and cigarettes
[00:10.10]Life was like a movie set
[00:11.56]And I seemed to be given no role
[00:14.09]But in times of trouble
[00:15.44]I can turn to my mother
[00:16.74]And I know that she gon' understand
[00:19.59]So at age 18
[00:21.10]I cried to my mother
[00:22.38]And she told me, "young man"
[00:24.66]"There are moments when you fall to the ground
[00:27.35]But you are stronger than you feel you are now
[00:30.15]You don't always have to speak so loud, no
[00:33.81]Just be as you are
[00:35.88]Life is not always a comfortable ride
[00:38.73]Everybody's got scars that they hide
[00:41.45]And everybody plays the fool sometimes, yeah
[00:45.12]Just be as you are"
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[01:10.79]They played me on the radio
[01:12.26]And everything was changing, so
[01:13.69]I thought I was all the way grown
[01:16.44]But I can still remember in that cold November
[01:19.20]When I realized I'm all alone
[01:21.82]But in times of trouble
[01:23.14]I can turn to my mother
[01:24.56]And I know that she gon' understand
[01:27.38]So at age 22
[01:28.95]I cried to my mother
[01:30.21]And she told me, "young man"
[01:32.40]"There are moments when you fall to the ground
[01:35.11]But you are stronger than you feel you are now
[01:38.02]You don't always have to speak so loud, no
[01:41.46]Just be as you are
[01:43.71]It doesn't matter if you become some star
[01:46.36]Life is better when you open your heart
[01:49.20]You don't always have to act so hard, no
[01:52.81]Just be as you are"
[01:55.22]
[02:17.61]"There are moments when you fall to the ground
[02:20.36]But you are stronger than you feel you are now
[02:23.20]You don't always have to speak so loud, no
[02:26.71]Just be as you are
[02:28.87]It doesn't matter if you become some star
[02:31.65]Life is better when you open your heart
[02:34.47]You don't always have to act so hard, no
[02:38.01]Just be as you are"
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