| Grew up on a tightrope, learned to smile
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| Even when i was falling down
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| Daddy had a hard hand and mama always had hope
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| And me and my sister couldn’t wait to get out
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| Fell in love out of college
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| Good man but a bad year
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| Visions of sugarplums and boxes of roses
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| All my girlfriends cried and i was outta here
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| Oh, whoa, everybody’s dreaming big
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| Oh, whoa, but everybody’s just getting by
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| That’s how it goes in everyday america
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| A little town and a great big life
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| Joey stares at a trophy
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| Took us all the way to state back in '85
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| A shining moment and a dusty reminder
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| He never felt so scared, he never felt so alive
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| Now there’s toys in the backyard
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| Daddy’s boys, yeah, you know how they like to fight
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| When they sleep, he swears they’re angels
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| He wouldn’t trade a day for all those friday nights
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| We can laugh, we can cry
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| We’re all just looking for the reasons why
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| In a place of dark can we see the light
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| Either way it’ll be alright
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| Oh, whoa, everybody’s dreaming big
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| Oh, whoa, but everybody’s just getting by
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| That’s how it goes in everyday america
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| A little town and a great big life
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| A little town and a great big life
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| A little town and a great big life |