I was temporarily blind by a neon dollar sign
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It pacified my mind and whispered things are fine
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Said, "Boy, if you wanna heal just sign this paper deal
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You'll never have to beg, no, you'll never have to steal"
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But when that giving tree stops giving
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I've gotta get back to living, living like I did before
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With a mattress on the floor and no food in my kitchen
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I gotta get back to living like I did before
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Living like I did before
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Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
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You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get
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Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
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You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get (whatever you can get)
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Down in the city streets grows a giving tree
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Out of solid stone, mortared by my bone
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And watered by my tears, strengthened by my fears
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It's gonna grow strong, it's gonna live long?gonna haunt me for years
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But when that giving tree stops giving
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I've gotta get back to living, living like I did before
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With a mattress on the floor and no food in my kitchen
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I gotta get back to living like I did before
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Living like I did before
|
|
Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
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You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get
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Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
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You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get (whatever you can get)
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It's beautiful fruit seems ripe at ground level
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It's dangerous roots lead straight down to the devil
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Lead straight down to the devil
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Lead straight down to the devil
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Lead straight down to the devil
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When that giving tree stops giving
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I've gotta get back to living, living like I did before
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With a mattress on the floor and no food in my kitchen
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I gotta get back to living like I did before
|
|
Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
|
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get
|
Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
|
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get
|
|
Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
|
You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get
|
Trading one pound of gold for now ten pounds of flesh
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You gotta sell this old soul for whatever you can get
|
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(one pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh)
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(sell this old soul, 'ever you can get)
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Like I did before
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(one pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh)
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(sell this old soul, 'ever you can get)
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Like I did before
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(one pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh)
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(gonna sell this old soul for whatever you can get)
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(one pound of gold, ten pounds of flesh)
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(gonna sell this old soul for whatever you can get)
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Like I did before....
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The Giving Tree
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| Meat Loaf |
