| I’ve got respect from the community
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| I’ve got my bridge game to look forward to
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| I’ve got this chance, a golden opportunity
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| As long as I keep doing what I’m supposed to
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| You see my wife and kids, they depend on me
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| To provide them with nothing but the best
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| I feel it’s my duty, my obligation
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| To live up to the standards society suggests
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| I’ll keep on working for their benefit
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| And I’ll keep on drinking
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| I’ll keep on believing in
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| I’ll keep on believing in my life
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| Another year of slaving and smiling
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| Buying and trading
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| Living the life of a wealthy man
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| But somehow I don’t feel so rich inside
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| That doesn’t make sense
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| I just had this little vacation
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| As soon as I get this
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| Operation taken care of
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| I’ll start enjoying the good things in life
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| When the pity spins your mind
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| Darkness fills your heart
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| And I won’t be around
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| When you’re feeling all alone
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| Then you’ll know it’s time
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| To go into the ground
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| When the pity spins your mind
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| Darkness fills your heart
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| And I won’t be around
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| I’ve got my family, friends, and associates
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| To stand by me as the threshold comes near
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| Within their faces, I see grave concern
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| I ask myself if their thoughts are sincere
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| After all these years of being complacent, what do I get?
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| Tenderness, affection, a true sense of love?
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| Just pain through a body chock-full of regret
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| I’ll keep on believing my life still has value
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| And I’ll keep on laughing
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| Why can’t I stop laughing?
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| I can’t stop the laughing |