| I used to live but now I survive
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| I used to believe but now it’s just one day at a time
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| The circus is gone, it’s all packed away
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| The clown’s hat, the makeup’s been packed in his case
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| So we wave goodbye to Miss Fourth of July
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| The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns
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| Don’t say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July
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| The stars that we reached for left us with nothing but dawn
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| I used to laugh but I’ve learned to cry
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| And I am not too proud to let you see tears fall from these eyes
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| For all of my hopes, my heartaches and fears
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| For a night I just watched and you walked out of here
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| I just waved goodbye to Miss Fourth of July
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| The queen of the roses has left us with nothing but thorns
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| Don’t say we never tried, Miss Fourth of July
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| The crown that we reached for left us with nothing
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| But your thorns left me wounded not unlike the truth
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| When innocence sang his last song
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| He’d tell me that it’s all gone
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| Just look me in the eyes and say it meant nothing at all
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| I used to live, I’ve learned to die
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| And I used to dream, I used to dream
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| Oh yeah
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| Nothing but a heavy hit of heartbreak
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| A handful of blues
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| Oh yeah
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| I’ll never get off these |