Tear down the house that I grew up in.
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I'll never be the same again.
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Take everything that I've collected,
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and throw it in a pile.
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Bulldoze the woods that I ran through.
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Carry the pictures of me and you.
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I have no memory of who I once was,
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and I don't remember your name.
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Park the old car that I love the best.
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Inspection's due and it won't pass the test.
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It's funny how I have to put it to rest,
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and how one day I will join it.
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I remember crying over you,
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and I don't mean like a couple of tears and I'm blue.
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I'm talking about collapsing and screaming at the moon,
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but I'm a better man for having gone through it.
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Yes, I'm a better man for having gone through.
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Ever since I learned how to curse.
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I've been using those sorry old words.
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But I'm talking to these children and I'm keeping it clean.
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I don't need those words to say what I mean.
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No, I don't need those words to say what I mean
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Tear down the house that I grew up in.
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I'll never be the same again.
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Take everything that I used to own,
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and burn it in a pile
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Bulldoze the woods that I ran through.
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Carry the pictures of me and you.
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I have no memory of who I once was,
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and I don't remember your name.
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Tear Down The House
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| The Avett Brothers |
