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I am not a wise man neither am I a fool...But what I am, the way the goo...Though I need you more than ...I can't wear a face that wi...Oh, if you're gonna love me, love the life I lead...Need the things I need, don't try to change me...If you're gonna take me, take me for what I am...I can't be another man, I can't be free...'cause the life I lead is the life I lead...I've gambled on the w...Though God knows, I can't pretend it's better on my own...I can't promise you a new t...Oh, if you're gonna love me, love the life I lead...Need the things I need, don't try to change me...If you're gonna take me, take me for what I am...I can't be another man, I can't be free...'cause the life I lead is the life I lead...Oh, if you're gonna love me, love the life I lead...Need the things I need, don't try to change me...If you're gonna take me, take me for what I am...I can't be another man, I can't be free...'cause the life I lead is the life I lead...If you're gonna love me, love the life I lead...Need the things I need, don't try to change me...If you're gonna take me, take me for what I am...I can't be another man, I can't be free...'cause the life I

lies and you're not gonna take...le on the right ain't no time to waste ...Gonna start it off slow bring it on now bring it...What! Come on can you hear me in the ...If you can't let 'em know and we...ted to war and they can't break the habit...It should prevail. It could be drugs)...ed for daylight and it never came...Well as long as it goes and then it's not a relief...And it's nothing that's certain and it's not a belief...It's just a better way t...I want a solution ...Well I'll follow; we'll sy...And there's so much at hand that I don?t understand...But they can't keep secrets 'cause they know they're w...And they can't keep us down 'cause we're too damn stro...lies and you're not gonna take...le on the right ain't no time to waste ...Gonna start it off slow bring it on now bring it...What! Come on can you hear me in the ...If you can't let 'em know and we...And I'm just not sure if I'm wasting your time...If I could see the inertia I'd give it a try...But I gotta project or I gotta deny..., but something ain't right...I don't feel this; I'm not seeing this...Something ain't coming unless I've got a feeling...Don't make a sound; keep ...It's automatic; I know we used to have it...And I wanted to let it go; I wish it would make it so...Nothing's gonna save me when the ch...Nothing's gonna save you if you don't act now...tion on the trigger's just to stay in you...I want to start it off slow then we'll...le on the right ain't no time to waste... a long time coming gonna hit the ground runn...'Cause it's so far gone I'm not surprised no ...What! Turn it up can you hear me in the ...so we testify so we can never die...so we testify so we can never die...So we all pretend we're oblivious ...Never know what you're gonna find...Never know what you might have left...But I can tell you what it won?t be...You can't imagine the half of...It's a place it's a time it's a lifeline...It's a chance to atone f...with something that's a killing device...It's killing them slowly then it's killing them nice...If it's killing your act ...I want a reich...lies and you're not gonna take...le on the right ain't no time to waste ...Gonna start it off slow bring it on now bring it...What! Come on can you hear me in the ...If you can't let 'em know and we...I want to start it off slow then we'll...le on the right ain't no time to waste... a long time coming gonna hit the ground runn...'Cause it's so far gone I'm not surprised no ...What! Turn it up can you hear me in the ...so we testify so we can never die...so we testify so we can never die...so we testify so we can never die

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