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He came into the world with his eyes wide open |
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Knew what it was all about |
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He grew into a man that the sun just followed |
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Knew himself inside out |
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We'd watch him go to work each day |
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Come back underneath the moonlit night |
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We'd hear them laughing talking always |
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Safe behind the walls |
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Nobody knew too much about them |
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They never even answered calls |
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Well his wife was small and pretty |
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Like a shell illuminated by the light |
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Well I know there is a plan |
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But at least from where I stand |
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I would love to take the place of that man |
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For just one night |
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Sometimes situations seem |
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Too perfect to be true |
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People talk and shake their heads |
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The way that people do |
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You know that small towns show no mercy |
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And they see their envy in a different light |
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I woke up late to a big commotion |
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Wondering what it all was for |
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Voices screaming in the darkness |
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Fire and smoke next door |
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There was someone lying on the lawn and |
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Someone trapped behind the firelight |
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What could we say |
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As we watched life slip away |
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There was nothing we could do to make it right |
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Not on that night |
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Ah leave me here he said |
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Stretched out on the lawn |
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I don't think anybody's gonna miss me when I'm gone |
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Life is my enemy |
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It took my very best |
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Left me here to cast away |
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The shadows and sort through the mess |
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Struggle to get by with all my might |
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For one more night |
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We'd see him out walking in the streets |
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With nothing in his eyes |
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People would stop and say hello |
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He'd always act surprised |
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Well he'd jump back kind of nervous |
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Like a boxer who'd rather walk away than fight |
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Just like autumn thunderstorms |
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We knew the day would come |
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When they talked about it later |
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No one even knew he had a gun |
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Well they found him with a picture |
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Of his wife beside him such a peaceful sight |
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And if God is looking down |
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On this little life we've found |
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I say you pushed that man until he couldn't fight |
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Not one more night |
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Leave me here |
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Stretched out on the lawn |
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I don't think anybody's gonna miss me when I'm gone |
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Life is my enemy |
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It took my very best |
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Left me here to cast away the shadows |
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And sort through the mess |
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Struggle to get by with all my might |
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Oh for one more night |
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Oh one more night |
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No, not one more night |
