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i was free to live and love |
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and kill as i saw fit |
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i was at peace, there really was |
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no one i was at war with |
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the only common good |
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was that we understood |
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that laws unjust |
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were only good for breaking |
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that difference legalized instead of sameness |
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left nobody free |
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that was the day before |
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i married my conscience to the state |
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my taxes paid, these roads were laid |
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to places of my choosing |
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there were no eyes up in the skies |
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looking down into my bed |
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there was no government without our consent |
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keys were made for anyone who just claimed it |
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glass was all of every wall that framed it |
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from sea to shining sea |
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that was the day before |
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i married my conscience to the state |
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right and wrong were written on my heart |
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and not just in the laws that condemn me |
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now with caesar satisfied i can even do the things |
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that should offend me |
