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I had it all |
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Or I thought so anyway |
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And then there came the day |
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When I knew |
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I'd been deceived. |
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It was tailor made |
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The hole I'd dug myself |
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That morning they came knocking |
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Couldn't blame nobody else. |
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You make mistakes |
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Then you make them all again |
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And find yourself deserted |
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By the people you called friends. |
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All it takes |
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Is for one deal to go bad |
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You're signing your confession |
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As they take all that you have. |
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And all this years spent sitting here |
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Waiting to be free. |
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My day has come |
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And I can finally see. |
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Gloria-ah-ah-ah-ah |
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Gloria-ah-ah-ah-ah |
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Gloria-ah-ah-ah-ah. |
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I've dreamed of waking up beyond that wall |
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It looks like |
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I might make it after all. |
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There's a kid in here |
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Reminds me of my son |
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I watch him with the others |
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When they laugh about what they've done. |
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So many ways |
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To impress one so young |
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The day they let him out of here |
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He's gonna find himself a gun. |
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I tried to say |
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Tried to make him understand |
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Fear is not respect |
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And it won't make a boy a man |
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Oh, you make mistakes |
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And you make them all again |
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It seems that |
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I offended |
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One of those godforsaken men. |
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In all these years spent sitting here |
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The last thing that |
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I see Is a baby face |
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With a blade that's made for me. |
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Gloria-ah-ah-ah-ah |
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Gloria-ah-ah-ah-ah |
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Gloria-ah-ah-ah-ah. |
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I guess some things were never meant to be. |
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Gloria-ah-ah-ah-ah |
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Gloria-ah-ah-ah-ah |
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Gloria-ah-ah-ah-ah. |
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So open up that gate and welcome me |
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My spirits flown |
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And I'm finally free |
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Finally free... yeah! |