| I met a guy with some coins in his can
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| His face was weathered, dark and sad
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| He looked up to me and asked something I’ll never forget
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| He said, «How can you smile with your lips
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| Wrapped around a loaded gun? |
| How can you smile?
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| Look at this life, is this all we’ve got?»
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| And my reply was quick
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| Read this book, you were meant to live
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| It all means so much to me
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| But note what’s written in red, it says…
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| It speaks of hope, trust and love
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| The fear of never being good enough
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| We were all made the same, I know it’s tough
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| Please don’t give up!
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| Don’t speak that way
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| Cause I won’t allow you
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| You’re too young to live this way
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| Just close your eyes and see the true meaning
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| You’re too young to live this way
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| Just look around and see that life is beauty
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| How can you smile when this life is all we’ve got?
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| There’s no hole inside, no time that’s long enough
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| That can be saved or healed, there’s nothing that
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| Can’t be covered with love!
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| Don’t speak that way
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| Cause I won’t allow you
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| You’re too young to live this way
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| Just close your eyes and see the true meaning
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| You’re too young to live this way
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| Just look around and see that life is beauty
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| This world is not, this world is not
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| My home, I’m just passing through!
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| There’s hope, there’s love, I know there is a void
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| There’s hope and there is love
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| But there’s no void that can’t be covered with love! |