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Dear landlord, |
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Please don't put a price on my soul. |
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My burden is heavy, |
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My dreams are beyond control. |
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When that steamboat whistle blows, |
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I'm gonna give you all I got to give, |
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And I do hope you receive it well, |
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Depending on the way you feel that you live. |
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Dear landlord, |
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Please heed these words that I speak. |
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I know you've suffered much, |
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But in this you are not so unique. |
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Each of us, at times, we might work too hard |
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To have it too fast and too much, |
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And anyone who fills his life up |
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With things he can see but he just cannot touch. |
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Dear landlord, |
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Please don't dismiss my case. |
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I'm not about to argue, |
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I'm not about to move to no other place. |
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Each of us, he has his own special gifts |
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And you know this was meant to be true, |
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And if you don't underestimate me, |
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I won't underestimate you. |