| Life is a struggle to get what you want
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| You’re damned if you do and you’re damned if you don’t
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| Once I believed I could make it alone
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| I thought I was really that strong
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| I was wrong, oh, Lord, I was wrong
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| A good woman’s love is too precious to waste
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| I took it for granted and made my mistake
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| And early one mornin' I came home too late
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| And there wasn’t nobody at home
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| She was gone, I was wrong all along
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| Now finally, I’m beginning to see what a fool I’ve been
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| Threw a good thing away, it’s not easy to say
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| But it’s true, my friend
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| Love is a lesson that I never learned
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| I tried to take more than I gave in return
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| I really thought I would never get burned
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| I was wrong, oh, Lord I was wrong
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| And it’s nobody’s fault but my own
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| Now finally I’m beginning to see what a fool I’ve been
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| Threw a good thing away, it’s not easy to say
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| But it’s true, my friend
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| Love is a lesson that I never learned
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| I tried to take more than I gave in return
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| And I really thought I would never get burned
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| I was wrong, oh Lord, I was wrong
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| And it’s nobody’s fault but my own
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| I was wrong, whoa Lord, I was wrong |