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a

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time

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her

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me

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day

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his

own

face

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fa

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know

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ing

place

ya'll

don't

hear

me

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storms

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trace

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one

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it

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life

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ten

shades

of

grey

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pray

all

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fade

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way

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praise

him

for

the

sun -

ny

days

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and

like

his

prom

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is

true

on-

ly

my

faith

can

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do

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the

ma-

ny

chances

i

blew

to

bring my

life

to

a -

new

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clear

blue

and

un -

con-

di-

tion-

al

skies

have

dried

the

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tears

from

my

eyes

no

more

lone-

ly

cries

my

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on-

ly

bleedin

hope

is

for

the

folk

who

can't

cope

with

such

an

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en

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dur-

in'

pain

that

it

keeps

'em

in

the

pour-

in'

rain

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to

blame

for

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in'

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in-

to

your

own

vein

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what

a

shame

you

shoot

and

aim

for

someone

else's

brain

you

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claim

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in-

sane

and

name

this

day

in

time

for

fal-

lin'

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to

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crime

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say

the

sys-

tem

got

ya

vic-

tim

to

your

own

mind

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dreams

are

hopeless

as-

pir-

a-

tions

in

hopes

of

com-

in

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true

be-

lieve

in

yourself

the

rest

is

up

to

me

and