| You taught me how to raise the stakes
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| How to punch above my weight
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| But you’re not here to see me fail
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| You taught me how to shake the blame
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| You told me I would stay the same
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| How to keep a straight face with the weakest hand
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| But you never taught me how to fall
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| How to keep on running when I lose control
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| You never taught me how to fall
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| You told me about the golden rule:
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| The girlfriend and the swimming pool
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| How they look at what you got, not at what you do
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| You taught me not to overspend
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| How to trust a man you can’t befriend
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| Always me and you, never us and them
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| But you never taught me how to fall
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| How to keep my cool at the curtain call
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| You never taught me how to fall
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| I was made for exceptions, not common law
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| You never taught me how to fall
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| But I chose to love you in spite of all your flaws
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| You never taught me how to fall
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| How to keep on running, when l’ve lost it all
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| You never taught me how to fall |