We were born into nothing, hard up so to speak
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But love and affection this family afforded me
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Worries came early and often it seemed
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Fate was not pleasant still I was redeemed
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Then compassion soon faded to chaos
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As they did their best all the while
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When circumstance outweighs intention
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Sometimes the mountain's just too hard to climb
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They were cruel, they were ignorant
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They were beauty, they were kind
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They were patience, they were virtue
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They were crazy, they were mine
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I was young and I thought I knew everything
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It's so hard to change a fool's mind
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When you're stubborn by nature and quick to the draw
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And you're full of inherited pride
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worries
virtue
thought
harder
everything
defied
afforded
early
faded
climb
inherited
patience
heavens
sinners
might
still
lessons
ignorant
change
intention
beauty
crazy
outweighs
affection
troubles
pleasant
stubborn
chaos
nothing
circumstance
answer
nature
young
often
praises
family
pride
others
problems
quick
redeemed
saved
sinner
seemed
compassion
speak
senses
cruel
sometimes
while
those
their
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