| Everybody wants an easy ride
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| On the merry-go-round that we call life
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| Take a drive on cruise control
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| Then you wait to find it’s a winding road
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| I had my dreams in view
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| When the money ran out and the engine blew
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| Hung my tears out to dry
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| Then my dreams fell out of that clear blue sky
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| And I, I was walkin' the clouds
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| Feelin' so safe and sound
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| Somethin' else knocks me down
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| Well, oh, that’s the way it is
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| You gotta roll with the punches
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| That’s the way it goes
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| You gotta bend when the wind blows
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| You live you learn
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| You crash and burn
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| It’s hit or miss (that's the way)
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| And that’s the way it is
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| One fine day you wake up
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| Completely, hoplessly fallin' in love
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| He’s just what you’re lookin' for
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| The only problem is, that the man’s not sure
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| Another guy’ll give you everything
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| The only problem is you don’t feel a thing
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| Well, I know from experience
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| Nothin’s ever gonna make perfect sense
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| Oh, one day you get what you want
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| But it’s not what you think
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| Then you get what you need
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| Well, oh, that’s the way it is
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| You gotta roll with the punches
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| That’s the way it goes
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| You gotta bend when the wind blows
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| You live you learn
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| You crash and burn
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| It’s hit or miss (that's the way)
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| And that’s the way it is
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| Yeah
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| They say your soul is growin' but
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| Sometimes I feel like throwin' somethin'
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| And that’s the way it is
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| You gotta roll with the punches
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| And that’s the way it goes
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| You gotta bend when the wind blows
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| That’s the way it is
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| You gotta roll with the punches
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| That’s the way it goes
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| You gotta bend when the wind blows
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| You live you learn
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| You crash and burn
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| It’s hit or miss
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| Oh, and that’s the way it is
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| Oh, that’s the way it is (that's the way it is)
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| Yeah (that's the way it goes)
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| That’s the way it is
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| That’s the way it is
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| You gotta roll with the punches
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| Oh, you gotta bend when the wind blows
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| Oh, that’s the way it goes
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| That’s the way it is
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| That’s the way it goes
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| Oh, yeah
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| You gotta roll with the punches |