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Confront your enemies, avoid them when you can A gentleman will walk but never run... It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile Be yourself no matter what they say

You've got to know when to hold 'em Know when to fold 'em Know when to walk away And know when to run

But take your time think a lot Well think of everything you've got For you will still be here tomorrow But your dreams may not

Then you have the nerve to tell me you think that as a mother I'm not fit Well, this is just a little Peyton Place and you're all Harper Valley hypocrites

Same old song, Just a drop of water in an endless sea, All we do, Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see.

I don't want some pretty face To tell me pretty lies. All I want is someone to believe.

Then came the churches, then came the schools, Then came the lawyers, and then came the rules

Free your mind and the rest will follow, Be color blind, don't be so shallow.

But it was only fantasy The wall was too high, As you can see. No matter how he tried, He could not break free. And the worms ate into his brain.

These boots are made for walking and that's just what they'll do, one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.

I'm easy come, easy go A little high, little low Anyway the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me.

She said: "Now Alice is gone, But I'm still here, You know I've been waiting For twenty-four years..."

When I think back On all the crap I learned in high school, It's a wonder I can think at all, And though my lack of education Hasn't hurt me none, I can read the writing on the wall !

i had me a woman She was good and clean She spent all day with the Washing machine But when it come to lovin' She was never around She was out getting dirty All over town

You can't always get what you want But if you try sometimes well you might find You get what you need

The book of life is brief And once a page is read All but love is dead That is my belief

Even lovers need a holiday Far away from each other

The time has come A fact's a fact It belongs to them Let's give it back

I'd take your hand and sing you songs Then maybe you would say Come lay with me and love me And I would surely stay

Everybody stutters one way or the other So check out my message to you As a atter of fact Don't let nothing hold you back

This city desert makes you feel so cold. It's got so many people but it's got no soul And it's taking you so long To find out you were wrong When you thought it had everything

And if I show you my dark side Will you still hold me tonight? And if I open my heart to you And show you my weak side, What would you do? Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone? Would you take the children away And leave me alone?

I just live for you, with nothing to hide, no need to pretend

And who are we to criticize or scorn the things that they do?

It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

I'm not the man they think I am at home, Oh no no no...

Rise up this mornin', Smile to the risin' sun, Three little birds Each by my doorstep. Singin' sweet songs Of melodies pure and true Sayin', "This is my message to you"

I wish I was a fisherman Tumblin' on the seas Far away from dry land And its bitter memories.

So smile for a while and let's be jolly love shouldn't be so melancholy Come along and share the good times while we can.

A compromise would surely help the situation Agree to disagree but disagree to part When after all it's just a compromise of The things we do for love.

This feeling inside me could never deny me The right to be wrong if I choose And this pleasure I get from say winning a bet Is to lose.

I can see it in your eyes, that you despise the same old lies, You heard the night before. And though it's just a line to you, for me it's true, It never seemed so right before.

And while we spoke of many things, Fools and kings, This he said to me, The greatest thing youll ever learn, Is just to love and be loved in return.

If I never loved I never would have cried

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our mind.

They're pointing out the enemy to keep you deaf and blind, They wanna sap your energy incarcerate your mind.

Gravity keeps my head down, Or is it maybe shame; At being so young and being so vain.

Sing with me, sing for the years Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears Sing with me, if it's just for today Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away.

It's been so lonely without you here Like a bird without a song Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling Tell me baby where did I go wrong.

Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see

We take pressure and we throw away Conventionality belongs to yesterday.

Some they think only to marry, Others will tease and tarry, Mine is the very best parry. Cupid he rules us all.

And far away in some recess The Lord and the Devil are now playing chessThe Devil still cheats and wins more souls And as for the Lord, well, he's just doing his best

Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say And Nothing Else Metters

I found that love, was more than just a game You're playin' to win, but you lose just the same

God only knows God makes his plan The information's unavailable To the mortal man We work our jobs Collect our pay Believe we're gliding down the highway When in fact we're slip slidin' away

Knowledge is a deadly friend, When no one sets the rules, The fate of all mankind I see, Is in the hands of fools

The gods may throw a dice, Their minds as cold as ice , And someone way down here, Loses someone dear

No the game never ends when your whole world depends On the turn of a friendly card

And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made

Did she make you cry Make you break down Shatter your illusions of love?And now tell me is it over now? Do you know how? Pick up the pieces and go home.

When I woke up the sun was shining in my eyes. My silver spurs were gone, my head felt twice its size. She took my silver spurs, a dollar and a dime And left me cravin' for more summer wine.

And what have you got at the end of the day?, What have you got to take away? A bottle of whiskey and a new set of lies, Blinds on the window and a pain behind the eyes.

"Devil just come on back if you ever want to try again."cause I told you once, you son of a gun, I'm the best there's ever been."

I feel a thunder in my heart, Should I walk away or follow my soul? I feel a thunder in my heart, Where it comes from I just don't know.

"I want to live as an honest man, To get all I deserve and to give all I can. And to love a young woman who I don't understand, Your highness, your ways are very strange."

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

If the sky above you grows dark and full of clouds, And that old north wind schould begin to blow, Keep your head together and call my name out loud. Soon you'll hear me knockin' at your door.

I turned to look but it was gone I cannot put my finger on it now The child is grown, The dream is gone.

All the dreams we held so close Seemed to all go up in smoke.

And I find it kinda funny I find it kinda sad The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had.

Why the sudden changes, why all the lies? I should have seen it in your eyes.

The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud But nobody ever hears him, or the sound he appears to make...

And she said to me "no david it didn’t hurt me because the cant really see,You see, they are looking at the outside of me but david, You see the inside. You can see whats in because you know whats really in there. Darling you put it there"

The road is long There are mountains in our way But we climb a step every day

You make my world a summer day Are you just a dream to fade away

I'm sure gonna give you a try And if you want, I'll try to love again

I don't want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard I just want someone that I can talk to...

And it seems such a waste of time, If that's what it's all aboutMama, if that's movin' up then I'm movin' out.

Love is like oxygen, You get too much you get too high, Not enough and you're gonna die.

We are beautiful no matter what they say Yes, words won't bring us down, no, no

Clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

if you could get by, trying not to lie, Things wouldn't be so confused and I wouldn't feel so used

If you've got no love to give Baby don't give it here

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