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I once was a lot like you |
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We share a dream, I couldn't make come true |
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I was a child who wrote my name |
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Across a frosted window pane |
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And there are jobs that I might hold |
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If they'd just let me through the door |
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Without a shower and new clothes |
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That I can, I'll afford |
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Can you spare the time? |
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Can you spare a dime? |
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Can you look me in the eye? |
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I'm down 'n' out and I am lonely |
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Do you ever think of me on Sunday? |
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No, I don't live across the water |
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Hey, I live right here on this corner |
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Just a bank account away from America |
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I won't hurt your family |
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I don't want a house there on your street |
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And I know that you think that I'm |
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As lazy as a hobo's sigh |
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Now, you call me down 'n' outer |
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If there's a way out |
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I've not found 'er |
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I only want to earn my piece of America |
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Can you spare the time? |
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Can you spare a dime? |
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Can you look me in the eye? |
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I'm down 'n' out and I am lonely |
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Do you ever think of me on Sunday? |
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No, I don't live across the water |
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Hey, I live right here on this corner |
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Just a bank account away from America |