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you didn't think fell into deep 

you made promises that you couldn't keep

life can be long and the road can get steep 

well you got a good heart but your will is weak

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there's no compromise for what you take

to trust in you would be a big mistake

what you hold is a losing hand 

but you really need to understand is

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it ain't easy it's hard sometimes 

it's a cryin shame your to blame 

playing this fools game 

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you didn't 't think you couldn't see

all the pain and sorrow and all this misery

your heart is so cold and you'll do all that you can 

to take control and take the upper-hand

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it ain't easy it's hard sometimes 

it's a cryin shame your to blame 

playing this fools game 

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she comes home every-night stressed out from the day

all she wants is a little respect 

but he don't treat her right and i know it sounds cliche

she can't go on living this way 

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what he don't know 

won't hurt him at least that"s what she tells herself 

what he don"t know wont hurt him

ya what he don't know

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don't you know she tried 

she tried to make it right 

but he don"t wanna hear any of that no

what they had is gone so far out of sight 

she knows it's not worth the fight 

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but i cant keep it going 

there's just no excuse 

how many lies will she tell knowing  oh oh

someday he'll find out the truth 

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by now i bet you know just how this story goes

it really ain't that hard to see

she leaves and breaks his heart and she vowed from the start

but sometimes love just ain't meant to be 

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what he don't know 

won't hurt him

at least that"s what she tells herself 

what he don"t know wont hurt him

but what she's too blind to see 

she might be hurting me

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i can't think and i can't sleep 

i wanna cry but i just can't weep 

i'll never get back what i once had 

and all i can say is that it's driving me mad 

i got hard times and troubles too 

and they came as soon as i met you

let me tell you i don't know what to do

with all the misery you put me through 

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i'll never find a love i can hold onto

i'll never find someone that could be so true 

when i'm low down broken and blue

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i can't, can't buy a break

it all seems like a big mistake

but i sure won't leave it up to you 

to string me along and then tell me were through 

i got hard times and troubles too 

and they came as soon as i met you

let me tell you that they ain't through 

wished id seen the devil in you 

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i'll never find a love i can hold onto

i'll never find someone that could be so true 

when i'm low down broken and blue

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but the truth is now that i've haven't been saying

how you put me through all this pleasure and playing

and someone else in my bed was laying with you 

oh with you 

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i shoulda never ever ever tried

been betrayed before my very eyes

there's nothing left for me to do 

when i'm low down broken

low down broken and blue

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oh i want you with me 

oh right by my side 

oh i want you with me

i'm not afraid to lay it on the line 

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baby can you walk with me tonight

we'll walk beneath the starlight

there's something i'm keeping inside 

and i'm just waiting for the right time 

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so lets walk down this boulevard

you don't know how lovely you are

i'll tell you whats in my heart

and i hope that we never part

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oh i want you with me 

oh right by my side 

oh i want you with me

i'm not afraid to lay it on the line 

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i know things won't change 

everything stays the same 

i'll say with tears in my eyes

tears in my eyes i want you with me 

oh right by my side 

oh i want you with me

i'm not afraid to lay it on the line 

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so baby can you walk with me tonight

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tell me, tell me your story 

surely you surely you got a lot to say 

tell me i just got to know 

let it out let it out 

you got to let it go

don't keep it locked up inside 

shy away and hide tell me 

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tell me how can it be true 

how could anyone ever want to hurt you

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tell me  what can i do

to ease this pain 

thats drowning you 

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tell me i just go to know 

let it out let it out l

you got to let it go

don't keep it locked up inside 

shy away and hide shy away and hide

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there shouldn't be a doubt about me

might take some time to believe

there's a chance we could spend some time 

watch these walls crumble inside 

you don't have to hide tell me 

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when i wake up mama got you on my mind 

oh cant stop it baby thinking about you babe

thinking bout you all the time

well i'm a lucky lucky man 

baby your one of a kind

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the minute i get up

baby your with me all day 

well it breaks my heart 

just to see you walk away 

i'm gonna you baby 

til they haul my body away

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don't be talking with your mama 

don't be chatting with your brother 

i want you  riding with me and no other

thinking bout you baby

thinking bout you all the time oh yeah

well i'm a lucky lucky man 

baby your one of a kind

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do i love you too much 

oh do i love you too much 

oh i do i love you too much 

well i'm crazy bout you honey 

just can't get enough

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have you ever been mistreated

you know what i'm talkin about

Have you ever been mistreated

you know what i'm talkin about

i waited 5 Long years for one woman

and she had the nerve to put me out 

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i got a job in a steel mill 

shucking steel like a slave

five long years every friday i come

straight back home with all my pay

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have you ever been mistreated

you know what i'm talkin about

have you ever been mistreated

you know what i'm talkin about

i waited 5 Long years for one woman

and she had the nerve to put me out 

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finally learned my lesson 

should a long time ago

the next woman that i marry she gonna

work, work and bring me the doe

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have you ever been mistreated

you know what i'm talkin about

have you ever been mistreated

you know what i'm talkin about

i waited 5 Long years for one woman

and she had the nerve to put me out 

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it's hard to keep it together 

and be on the same page 

you turn your head for one second 

someones going there own way

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we had a god thing going 

and i thought you felt the same 

but i can't seem to figure out 

the nature of your game 

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why does it have to be so hard

you think you got it working then it falls apart 

and your standing around crying looking up at the stars 

never feeling like your playing your part

acting like an enemy is hiding in the dark 

and your keeping all the secrets 

locked down in your heart 

your trying to find just who you are

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so you hang it up 

and throw it all away 

hard to watch and let it go 

go down the drain 

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you gotta make a choice and 

you gotta know where you stand 

and you should know that it shows

when you don't give it all you can 

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why does it have to be so hard

you think you got it working then it falls apart 

and your standing around crying looking up at the stars 

never feeling like your playing your part

acting like an enemy is hiding in the dark 

and your keeping all the secrets 

locked down in your heart 

your trying to find just who you are

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just who you are 

 

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he got fired from his job last week 

after ten and a half years he can't even speak

what had seemed like a burden that was so hard to bear

quickly turned into one big scare

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now he's got no money and nothing to eat

things we all take for granted and expect to be there

when life ain't funny man it sure ain't sunny

when your cold and lonely out on the street

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well he's barely on his feet 

and he's getting so tired 

but no nobody seems to care 

when life ain't funny man it sure ain't sunny

when you got no one to be there

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but think about the people 

the unfortunate few

that lost everything that they could lose

but in no time life can turn on a dime 

an then you'll be cryin the blues

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when life gets you down 

you got nowhere to go 

 hope can be found you just have to know

that its always around 

no matter how your story goes

keep holding your ground 

and don't lose control oh

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but think about the people 

the unfortunate few

that lost everything that they could lose

but in no time life can turn on a dime 

and then you'll be cryin the blues

and then you'll be cryin the blues

oh you'll be cryin the blues

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i drew a line and i'd never cross it 

oh i just couldn't see 

that there could be someone 

out there waiting for me 

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i've always been afraid of falling 

falling into deep 

i've never been one to wear my 

heart on my sleeve

i've never really found that someone 

that made me feel complete

oh then i met you darlin g

you brought me to my knees

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theres no going back this time 

once i cross that line 

theres no going back this time

theres no going back this time 

not gonna change my mind

gonna take a chance on a little romance

and see what we might find 

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well i've always kinda been a loaner

thought that love was for fools

i was so caught up in myself 

trying to be so cool

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used to think that love was  silly game

other people played

never knew i would come to feel this way

but now all i can say

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there's no going back this time 

once i cross that line 

gonna take a chance on a little romance

and see what we might find 

theres no going back this time

not gonna change my mind

no theres no going back its time

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theres no going back this time

theres no going back

it's time 

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well i went downtown just the other day

this little girl she came walking my way

she was fine nice and sweet 

just the kinda woman that i"d like to meet 

​

we started walking talking down the block 

she had me trembling almost made my heart stop 

she was fine too good to be true 

now look what i got myself into 

​

i was certain that she had to be right 

i made up my mind walking home that night 

nobody ever shook me up inside 

like the, the little girl did tonight

​

i must confess

that my heads a mess

thoughts of you won't let me be 

babe i'm begging please

​

well the walls are breaking

i'm hers for the taking 

well if i'm not mistaken 

well be making sweet love

​

the little girls right with me 

she's got me right where i want to be 

she's still by my side 

and she's still shaking me up inside

​

i must confess

that my heads a mess

thoughts of you won't let me be 

babe i'm begging please

well the walls are breaking

i'm hers for the taking 

well if i'm not mistaken 

well be making sweet love

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she came walking on in 

staring every man down 

she looked kinda pretty

but i wasn't down 

turned to me and my buddies 

said how you all doing tonight

grabbed all my friends 

got the hell out of sight

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she's bad news oh she's bad news

she's bad news  oh bad news

well i've seen her kind before 

and i know she's bad news

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smelling like cheap wine them stale cigarettes

whispered in my ear things id like to forget 

she couldn't help herself when she said come along 

but baby baby you know that's all wrong

​

bad news i know she's bad news

she's bad news oh oh bad news

well i've seen her kind before 

and i know she's bad news

​

she wants to be more than friends

but id never give her that

There's nothing she can do 

gonna make me want some of that

​

she's bad news i know she's bad news

she's bad news  oh  oh she's bad news

and she's not the one you'd choose

and she'll surely give you the blues

and i've seen her kind before 

seen her kind before  

and i know she's bad news

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​

 

 

well i went downtown just the other day

this little girl she came walking my way

she was fine nice and sweet 

just the kinda woman that i"d like to meet 

​

we started walking talking down the block 

she had me trembling almost made my heart stop 

she was fine too good to be true 

now look what i got myself into 

​

i was certain that she had to be right 

i made up my mind walking home that night 

nobody ever shook me up inside 

like the, the little girl did tonight

​

i must confess

that my heads a mess

thoughts of you won't let me be 

babe i'm begging please

​

well the walls are breaking

i'm hers for the taking 

well if i'm not mistaken 

well be making sweet love

​

the little girl is right with me 

she's got me right where i want to be 

she's still by my side 

and she's still shaking me up inside

​

i must confess

that my heads a mess

thoughts of you won't let me be 

babe i'm begging please

well the walls are breaking

i'm hers for the taking 

well if i'm not mistaken 

well be making sweet love

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