Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Thirteen
in the thick of a cornfield
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I learned to fight, keep roads tied,
and not chill
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Never did change, stayed strange,
hopped a train
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My first chance I got out of Smallville
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Life has it's way of movin' you on,
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don't it?
Interlude 1
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My first stop
Verse 2
was a pawn shop
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Dropped a pretty penny for
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a cheap Fender with a song in it
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I had a quick right hand, and an old band
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I thought good friends would
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make a good band
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Life has it's way of provin' you wrong,
don't it?
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And I've been right
Verse 3
and I've
been wrong
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Somewhere in between for so long
Live the night, miss the light,
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and I've been shown it
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Life has it's way of keepin' you strong,
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don't it?
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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So there I was, a long way from nowhere
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Fried mind, spare time and a blank stare
I was just numb enough not
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to feel a thing
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After all we didn't share
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a set of rings
Besides, how bad could it be!
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She never found out I'd
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nev er come clean
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Life has it's way of leadin' you on,
don't it?
Verse 5
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And I've been right and I've
been wrong
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Somewhere in between for so long
Live the night, miss the light,
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and I've been shown it
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Life has it's way of keepin' you strong,
Interlude 3
don't it?
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Verse 6
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Well now, have you ever been
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down the old back road?
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On time borrowed
It's a trip, it's a bitch,
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it's an on and off light switch
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Nobody follows
Everybody's got their own past
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Skeletons to stash,
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don't look back if you do, laugh
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Life has it's way of movin' you on,
don't it?
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