Can't really say it's been a good year
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I know I'll see better days
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Some things that shouldn't have been going on around here
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Have been going on anyways
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I was face down in a pool of my own self-pity
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Gotta pick myself up and get out of this city
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Gotta leave before I hurt someone
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There's a place somewhere I'm gonna find
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Where I can feel safe and leave it all behind
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Gonna get away and have myself a little fun
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'Cause you can knock me down, run me over
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Back up and run me down again
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You ain't the first - I've been treated worse
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Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends
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Well, you can leave me cold - I'll recover
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Say nasty things about my mother
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Well, you can beat me, mistreat me
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But guess who'll be smilin' in the end?
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Playin' in bands since I was a kid
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Always part of the brotherhood
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But a lonely, only child
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Only barely understood
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I was told I'd never make it so many times before
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The best and the brightest had shown me the door
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But the more they tried to hold me back, the stronger I got
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They said my songs were too simple, my voice was too weak
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Said I was too young, too dumb, too much of a freak
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They thought they could write me off
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But there's somethin' they forgot
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'Cause you can knock me down, run me over
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Back up and run me down again
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You ain't the first - I've been treated worse
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Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends
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Well, you can leave me cold - I'll recover
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Say nasty things about my mother
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Well, you can beat me, mistreat me
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But guess who'll be smilin' in the end?
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I won't say I ain't had my share of good luck
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Good luck is fine, it just ain't enough
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'Cause you can knock me down, run me over
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Back up and run me down again
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You ain't the first - I've been treated worse
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Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends
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Well, you can leave me cold - I'll recover
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Say nasty things about my mother
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Well, you can beat me, mistreat me
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But guess who'll be smilin' in the end?
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Smilin' In The End
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| Reo Speedwagon |
