| Well, did you do something for yourself, Mom?
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| And get the hell out of the house.
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| Well, would you do something for your son, Mom?
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| And stop taking all these pills.
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| 'Cause it’s cold in December and there’s reason to stay in
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| and I want to see you when you’re on the deck of that ship.
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| Yeah, you’re sailing away and the sun looks right on your face.
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| Without a reason to believe in something,
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| you can do most anything.
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| Well, that’s what you told me someplace,
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| but I can’t remember when.
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| It was a long time ago,
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| maybe the first day of school or going to visit Dad.
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| I was scared but you told me I’d come home if I wanted.
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| I was only nine but I went.
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| So, go on and make your families proud
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| just like you always do.
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| Just like they want you to.
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| My old girlfriend’s studying medicine.
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| Would you save my life is I got sick?
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| Haven’t seen you in a while. |
| How have you been?
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| Of course if you had the right insurance for it.
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| And I think if we got back together again,
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| you know, give it a run, you know.
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| You were my first love.
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| You’re very drunk and we were very young.
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| Plus I’m going to see this guy and it might be love.
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| Yeah, I think he might be the one.
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| If you get married can I come? |
| I gotta see this.
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| Well, go on and dig your holes in this ground.
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| Yeah, go on and lay your tired bodies down.
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| Just like you’re going to. |
| Just like they expect you to.
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| And I’ve been thinking about moving away.
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| Now that we’ve had this talk, I definitely may.
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| Well, now go on and break your word and it’ll break me down.
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| And I’ll go on and I’ll break every last thing in this house.
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| Just like I’m going to. |
| Just like you expect me to.
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| Now go on and make your family proud.
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| Now go on and stake your claim to this ground.
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| Now go on and take that last dream down
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| and it’ll get you through.
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| What did they put you through? |