| We went down to see the falls
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| so that we could have
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| somewhere to talk when she said
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| «I know I’m lost but I’m too tired to care.»
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| «I'm so put out with all this shit, man,
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| life should be easier than it is and
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| I don’t want to smile or pay another bill.»
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| «My world is a place where I alone
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| don’t have one damn thing to show
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| for these 22 years I’ve been alive.»
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| «I can’t find a thing to love.»
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| «I can’t stick to a diet.»
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| «I hate my job.»
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| Then she sat down and hung her head real still.
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| She knows nobody. |
| She calls your name.
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| I went home confused and drained,
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| a million things cluttering up my brain.
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| I couldn’t sleep so I drove down to her place.
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| I stepped in the house,
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| saw the pills on the couch,
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| and I lifted her head up and out of the mess.
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| She looked up all glassy eyed.
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| I said «Damn it baby you’re not this type.»
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| «You can’t give up on life when you’re depressed.»
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| She said «How could you understand?»
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| «You're still fed from Mom and Daddy’s hands.»
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| «You could leave for years and still come back to a home.»
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| «I walk the wires without a net.»
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| «You've got freedom, I’ve got debt.»
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| «Now leave me here to burn out on my own.»
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| She knows nobody. |
| She calls your name.
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| I went down to see the falls
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| so that I would have some where to walk.
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| I got so lost but I was too tired to care.
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| I’m so put out with all this shit,
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| life should be easier than it is.
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| I don’t want to smile.
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| Not now… |