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Misfortune

Letting someone else's light shine brighter than mine, isn't such a prideful crime,
I should listen to what people have to say, to have the attitude of 'come what may',
Speaking my mind being always kind, the truth is what I then, shall find,
I think, I think, I think too much, I would rather not about such and such,
I learned to appreciate from a distance, family and friends, I love within an...

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Chains

Chains.

 

Nothing in life comes easy to me.

It is always a struggle to try and break free.

From the chains that hold me tight.

That further enhance my plight.

Everything I do just holds me down.

I can't smile I have a permanent frown.

 

To decide just like that.

Just bring me even more crap.

I think carefully before I do wrong.

But I'm just singing the same old ...

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Don`t Dance To Everyone Else`s Tune

Don’t Dance To Everyone Else`s Tune

 

Why do we spend our life trying to please everyone else.

All our own thoughts and feelings boxed up and put on the shelf.

Always worrying what other people might think

Instead of just living by what comes naturally and on instinct.

 

Concerned by the reaction of the neighbours next door.

Like your own desires and ambitions, you fear to ...

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Walk in My Shoes.

Walk In My Shoes.

 

I've known you since we were at school.

You took the serious side of life.

I spent my youth trying to be the fool.

Yet it was you who had friends by his side.

 

Education set you up for a fabulous career.

My childhood qualified me to fail.

Nothing fazes you; you had a hard veneer.

I play catch up in the wake of your trail.

 

Sometimes I envy ...

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