I want to live in the world, not inside my
Long before you ever saw your chancesYou were gonna burn
I live in a small town . . . deep
Down the side streets and the avenuesThere be sisters walkin'
Doctor, my eyes have seen the years and the slow
In my early years I hid my tearsAnd passed my
As if I really didn't understandThat I was just another
Baby I guess you know my storyBaby I guess you
It's such a clever innocence with which you do your
It was a ruby that she woreOn a chain around
Give us twenty minutes and we'll give you the worldWe
They shot a man into the skyThe moon and stars
The words had all been spokenAnd somehow the feeling still
Papa hit him, Mama kissed himMade him go to CatechismWith
I think my heart must just be slowing downAmong the
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