Advice is cheap you can take it from me
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It's yours to keep 'cause opinions are free
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Nobody knows about the trouble I've seen
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Nobody's perfect, mister, nobody's clean
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It cost too much and takes too long to find out too late
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Some words are not heard 'til after they're spoken
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Your role was protective, your soul was too defective
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Some people just don't have a heart to be broken
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We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China
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If you'd only had a little more faith in me
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In lieu of diamonds, gold and platinum reminders will still shine bright
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All the king's men and all the king's horses
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Can't put you together the way you used to be
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We could have been standing on the Great Wall of China
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You take a piece of whatever you touch
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Too many pieces means you're touching too much
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You never win if you can't play it straight
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You only beat me if you get me to hate
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It must be so lonely to think that you have only
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Somebody else's life to live if they let you
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I ain't too selective, but it don't take no detective
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To find out how fast your friends will forget you
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We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China
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Now all you're going to be is history
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Help yourself, it's all you can eat at the Empire Diner tonight
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You coulda had class, you coulda have been a contender
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Charlie, you shoulda looked out for me
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You could have been standing, standing on the Great Wall of China
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This was not your calling, just look how far you've fallen
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I heard your story, man, you've got to be joking
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Keep things in perspective, this is my true objective
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Why tear this heart out if it's only been broken?
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We could have gone all the way to the Great Wall of China
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If you'd only had a little more faith in me
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In lieu of diamonds, gold and platinum reminders will still shine bright
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All the king's men and all the king's horses
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Can't put you together the way you used to be
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We could have been standing, standing on the Great Wall of China
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The Great Wall Of China
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| Billy Joel |
