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When I was a younger man, lookin' for my pot of gold |
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Everywhere |
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I turned the doors were closin' |
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It took every ounce of faith |
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I had to keep on keepin' on |
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And still |
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I felt like |
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I was only losin' |
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I refused then like |
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I do now and anybody tie me down |
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And I lost a few good friends along the way |
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I was raised up poor and |
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I wanted more |
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And maybe |
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I'm a little too proud |
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Lookin' back |
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I see a kid who was just afraid |
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Hungry and old before his time |
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Through the years |
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I've known my share of broken hearted fools |
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And those who couldn't choose a path worth taking |
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There's nothin' in the world so sad as talking to a man |
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Who never knew his life was his for making |
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Ain't it about time you realize it's not worth keepin' score |
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You win some, you lose some and you let it go |
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What's the use of stacking on every failure, another stone |
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Till you find you've spent your whole life building walls |
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Lonely and old before your time |
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It took so long to see |
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That truth was all around me |
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Now the wren has gone to roost, the sky is turnin' gold |
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And like the sky my soul is also turnin' |
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Turning from the past, at last and all |
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I've left behind |
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Could it be that |
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I am finally learnin'? |
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Learnin' I'm deserving of love and the peaceful heart |
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Won't tear myself apart no more for tryin' |
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Tired of lyin' to myself, tryin' to buy what can't be bought |
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It's not livin' that you're doin' if it feels like dyin' |
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Cryin', growin' old before your time |
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Cryin', growin' old before your time |
