| A long gone friend of mine
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| Used to never play games at all
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| Just standing aside
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| Like a priest in a dancing hall
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| An older man I know
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| Has been gambling all his life
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| Winning nothing he could have owned
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| He lost his mind
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| You bet your life and play again
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| You’re trying anything
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| Right before you go insane
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| Pretend your loss is small
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| Pretend you didn’t lose at al]
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| Define your lies
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| Convince them all
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| There’s always gonna be a rise
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| After you fall
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| As long as you survive
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| That endless fall before you rise
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| Teachers teach in school
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| There is nothing that can’t be learned
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| And at home they praise the grades
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| You never earned
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| No one shows you how
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| To understand the major rule
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| You can drown in a public pool
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| You do, you do
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| You bet your life and put it in again
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| You’re trying anything
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| Right before you go insane
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| Pretend your loss is small
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| Pretend you didn’t lose at all
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| Explain your lies
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| Convince them all
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| There’s always gonna be a rise
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| After you fall
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| As long as they survive
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| That endless fall before you rise
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| A long gone friend of mine
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| Pulled a joker and lost his cool
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| But he lost his cool in style
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| The cool fool |