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We've been sitting at this table |
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For what seems a thousand years |
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You've been giving me your story |
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It's ringin' in my ears |
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Yes I know that Iife is hard |
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And I know you've paid your dues |
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But I'm a stranger to the thought of simply |
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Livin' with the blues. |
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Don't bear down on me |
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I'm a woman, still got some time to go |
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Don't bear down on me |
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I'm here to steal the show. |
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All the loves that you have lost |
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and all them gains that fell apart |
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Every slap you felt across your face |
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You blew it from the start |
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I can't live the life you do |
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Cause I'm tough and I am true |
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It don't take too much intelligence |
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To figure a way through. |
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Don't bear down on me ... |
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So every woman, every man, |
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It ain't that hard to understand |
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You can't gratefully receive |
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If you're no holding out your hand |
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When that rain is falling down |
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You just head for higher ground |
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Ain't no hiding from the road beyond |
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Just shout your name out loud ! |
