| When the school bell rings,
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| The learning day is done.
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| It’s time to trash the books,
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| And work on having fun,
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| Through the door comes Jimmy,
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| With hopes and dreams of his own
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| But little does he know that
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| They’ll be crushed when he gets home.
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| There’s so much he wants to share
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| But his parents they just dont care
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| You see his daddy never made it,
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| So his dreams are dumped on his son,
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| And momma thinks she could have,
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| If she’d never given birth to a son.
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| Always telling him who they think he should be,
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| Now they’re left alone with a desperate written plea,
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| Thats says: To Whom It May Concern:
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| Who do you want me to be today?
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| You never listen to a word that I say
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| What can I do but run away?
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| Who do you want me to be today?
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| She stares into the mirror,
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| And see’s that it’s gotten to end,
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| I’m gonna pack my bags,
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| And never see him again,
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| I can’t believe the way he treated me,
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| Or that it went on for so long,
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| But if this time I really mean it,
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| Who will be there to silence the void?
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| So instead of trying to face the night alone,
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| She dries her tears and picks up the phone
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| And when she hears that voice she breaks down and says:
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| Who do you want me to be today?
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| I swear I’ll do anything that you say,
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| Dye my hair or get down and beg,
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| Just don’t leave me alone tonight
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| I’m sure you all mean well,
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| Have you heard about the road to hell?
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| We’ve all got our own lives to lead
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| And it’s on a different bread I feed
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| If you worry your lives away,
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| How can you stand to wake up each day?
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| Not me babe, I’d rather play!
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| Who do you want me to be today?
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| That’s a game that I just can’t play
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| It’s the same thing day after day
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| Who do you want me to be today? |