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A lonely mother gazing out of her window
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Staring at a son that she just can't touch
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If at any time he's in a jam
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She'll be by his side
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But he doesn't realize he hurts her so much
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But all the praying just ain't helping
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At all 'cause he can't seem to keep
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His self out of trouble
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So he goes out and he makes his money
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The best way he knows how
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Another body laying cold in the gutter
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Listen to me
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Chorus:
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Don't go chasing waterfalls
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Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that
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You're used to
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I know that you're gonna have it your way
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Or nothing at all
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But I think you're moving too fast
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Little precious has a natural obsession
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For temptation but he just can't see
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She gives him loving that his body can't handle
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But all he can say is baby it's good to me
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One day he goes and takes a glimpse
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In the mirror
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But he doesn't recognize his own face
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His health is fading and he doesn't know why
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3 letters took him to his final resting place
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Y'all don't hear me
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Chorus
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I seen a rainbow yesterday
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But too many storms have come and gone
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Leavin' a trace of not one God-given ray
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Is it because my life is ten shades of grey
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I pray all ten fade away
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Seldom praise Him for the sunny days
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And like His promise is true
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Only my faith can undo
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The many chances I blew
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To bring my life to anew
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Clear blue and unconditional skies
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Have dried the tears from my eyes
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No more lonely cries
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My only bleedin' hope
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Is for the folk who can't cope
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Wit such an endurin' pain
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That it keeps 'em in the pourin' rain
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Who's to blame
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For tootin' caine in your own vein
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What a shame
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You shoot and aim for someone else's brain
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You claim the insane
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And name this day and time
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For fallin' prey to crime
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I say the system got you victim to your own mind
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Dreams are hopeless aspirations
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In hopes of comin' true
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Believe in yourself
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The rest is up to me and you
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Chorus
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Waterfalls
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