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My eyes have done their share of dryin' |
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My mind's been preoccupied |
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My life's like a blackbird flyin' from a resting place on a wire |
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My ears sting deaf from deception |
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My hands shake cold from numb |
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My back breaks from old friends rejections |
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Where judgments and grudges are hung |
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But I'm not gonna hate |
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Even if I ache inside |
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I'm not gonna hurt someone |
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Even if I'm justified |
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I'm not gonna lie |
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Even if I've been deceived |
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An eye for an eye |
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Is not the life I choose to lead |
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I'm calling all lost souls and sinners |
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Adhere to the saints of men |
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Like Martin or Gandhi or Jesus |
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We should all learn to forgive |
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Has the cost of freedom been forgotten |
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Has the price of peace been banned |
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I believe love lives somewhere inside the brotherhood of man |
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[Chorus:] |
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But I'm not gonna hate |
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Even if I ache inside |
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I'm not gonna hurt someone |
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Even if I'm justified |
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I'm not gonna lie |
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Even if I've been deceived |
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An eye for an eye |
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Is not the life I choose to lead |
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[Chorus:] |
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But I'm not gonna hate |
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Even if I ache inside |
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I'm not gonna hurt someone |
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Even if I'm justified |
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I'm not gonna lie |
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Even if I've been deceived |
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An eye for an eye |
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Is not the life I choose to lead |