[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Here I am standing, ten feet between us
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Beside me, the door that I just came through
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Where I walked past an overweight cop in an alley
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With a beer gut bursting from a bullet proof jacket
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Who thinks to himself, "I've got to get back
[Refrain]
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To the man that I was when I was a dreamer"
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With a partner in crime named Brandy McGill
[Verse 2]
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A girl with a love of life bigger than normal
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Who still wonders when her life will begin
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Her best friend Maria who seems to have everything
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Tells her she probably just needs a vacation
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Away from the stress of her husband's vocation
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While Maria is talking, Brandy is drifting
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Staring at John who just got the job
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Busing tables to pay for Community College
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An Associates degree in x-ray technology
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John is too old to still be in college
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He doesn't like class and sometimes doesn't go
[Refrain]
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Long story short, his family was broken
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He was freed from a past life as a kid on Skid Row
[Verse 3]
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He notices Brandy, but stares at Maria
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Her beauty well-practiced in casting a spell
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Imagining her naked, he spills dirty dishes
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On the lap of an elderly woman named Belle
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A lady who won't live to see her next birthday
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But shares a warm smile regardless of that
[Refrain]
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The mess that unfolds completely surrounds her
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Not one bit of urgency enters her soul
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She reaches for Roy, her husband forever
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In love and connection, her small hand, he holds
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[Verse 4]
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And nothing comes of it but a managers' anger
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Not for the mess, but her father's remark
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About a bad grade that she had as a child
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So she takes her revenge out by firing John
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Who now wonders when his life will begin
[Refrain]
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Ain't it confusing to search for the will
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And learn when you find it that you've lost your way?
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Long story short, he saw a commercial
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That said that the 20s are the prime of your life
[Verse 5]
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But that doesn't seem to be true at this moment
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As he cleans out his locker and calls his best friend
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Who's too busy to talk cause he's prepping with lawyers
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To keep money from his ex-wife, the mother
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Of their only son who's naturally drawn
[Refrain]
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To guns and sharp objects who now has no father
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Except for on weekends, two times a month
[Outro]
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No need to worry, I'm told we're protected
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By the men passing laws in the House and the Senate
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From people who mix up the truth and reality
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With movies and games and ridiculous scenarios
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Long story short, best I can tell
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Children can't be left to raise themselves
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