| Well I know it ain’t been roses lately, baby, it’s just been thorns
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| And no matter what we do, nothing seems to change
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| Love has always been my shelter, for you it’s been a storm
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| But for a while I thought we’d almost beat the rain
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| Now there’s a hole here in my pocket where all my dreams have gone
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| Fallen out like so many nickels and dimes
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| And last of all you, you’d always been my good luck charm
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| I should’ve known that luck’s a waste of time
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| 'Cause it don’t bring you love if you don’t love
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| And it don’t bring you time if you ain’t got time
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| And it don’t bring you strength, baby, if you ain’t strong
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| And it don’t bring you kindness if you ain’t kind
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| Now there’s a whole lot of life to be unsure of
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| But there’s one thing I can safely say I know
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| That of all the things that finally desert us
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| Pride is always the last thing to go
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| But it won’t bring you love if you don’t love
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| And it won’t bring you time if you ain’t got time
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| And it won’t bring you strength, baby, if you ain’t strong
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| And it won’t bring you kindness if you ain’t kind
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| And now I wish you only roses, baby, without the thorns
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| And I hope your dreams are always within reach
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| And I wish you shelter, baby, from all your storms
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| They scared you, but they never seemed to teach
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| That I can’t bring you love if you don’t love
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| And I can’t bring you time if you ain’t got time
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| And I can’t bring you strength, baby, if you ain’t strong
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| And I can’t bring you kindness if you ain’t kind
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| And I can’t bring you kindness if you ain’t kind |