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I used to live but now I survive |
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I used to believe but now it's just one day at a time |
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The circus is gone, it's all packed away |
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The clown's hat, the makeup's been packed in his case |
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So we wave goodbye to Miss Fourth of July |
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The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns |
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Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July |
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The stars that we reached for left us with nothing but dawn |
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I used to laugh but I've learned to cry |
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For I ain't too proud to let you see tears fall from these eyes |
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For all of my hopes, my heartaches and fears |
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For a night I just watched and you walked out of here |
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Chorus: |
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I just waved goodbye to Miss Fourth of July |
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The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns |
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Don't say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July |
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The crown that we reached for left us with nothing |
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But your thorns left me wounded not unlike the truth |
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When innocence sang his last song |
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He'd tell me that it's all gone |
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Just look me in the eyes and say it meant nothing at all |
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I used to live, now I've learned to die |
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And I used to dream |
