| I’m waking up; |
| I’m getting out into the daily motion
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| I’m placing bets; |
| I’m rising up to meet your day
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| It’s presentation of the perfect family expectation
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| Tinseled evergreens are losing their display
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| Stop and starters, winter partners, under doormat key
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| Warrior weekends, shallow deep ends
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| I don’t ever want to hear they won’t give what you need
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| I don’t ever want to hear
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| I don’t ever want to hear they won’t let you be
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| I don’t ever want to hear
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| They’re just the product of a childhood better left forgetting
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| You’re so the picture of an image I have seen
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| There’s a synopsis in the boxes housed on storefront shelving
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| A case of delving as the week’s unraveling
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| Basement bargains, in-law jargons, buy one/get one free
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| Sibling rivals, heirloom bibles, half-lit family tree
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| I don’t ever want to hear they won’t give what you need
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| I don’t ever want to hear
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| I don’t ever want to hear they won’t help you be
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| I don’t ever want to see
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| Walk to the front of the line ‘round the block
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| In the back of your mind to the place you left behind
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| And if you need some extra time to gather all your rations
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| I’ll keep the shop lights burning longer than today
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| Before the night, before you drive up to your parents' hometown
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| And put your effervescent lights out on display
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| I don’t ever want to hear they won’t give what you need
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| I don’t ever want to hear
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| I don’t ever want to hear they won’t let you be
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| I don’t ever want to see
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| I don’t ever want to hear |