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I can't be compromising in my thoughts no more |
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I can't prevent the times, my anger fills my heart |
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I can't be sympathizing with a new, lost cause |
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I feel I've lost my patience with the world and all |
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And all the politicians and their hollow promises |
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And all the lies, deceit and shame that goes with it |
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The working man pays everything for their mistakes |
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And with his life too if there was to be a war |
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So we only get one chance, can we take it? |
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And we only get one life, can't exchange it |
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Can we hold on to what we have, don't replace it? |
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The age of innocence is fading, like an old dream |
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A life of petty crime gets punished with a holiday |
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The victims' minds are scarred for life most everyday |
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Assailants know just how much further they can go |
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They know the laws are soft conviction chances low |
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So we only get one chance, can we take it? |
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And we only get one life, can't exchange it |
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Can we hold on to what we have, don't replace it? |
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The age of innocence is fading, like an old dream |
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You can't protect yourselves even in your own home |
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For fear of vigilante cries the victims wipe their eyes |
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So now the criminals, they laugh right in our face |
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Judicial system lets them do it, a disgrace |
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Despondent public worries, where it all will end? |
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We can't protect ourselves our kids from crime, the trend |
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We cannot warn each other of evil in our midst |
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They have more rights than us, you cannot call that just |
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So we only get one chance, can we take it? |
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And we only get one life, can't exchange it |
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Can we hold on to what we have, don't replace it? |
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The age of innocence is fading, like an old dream |
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The age of innocence is fading, like an old dream |