You dreamed he'd shine like the sun
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Now you son is set
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Hey dad, grab another cigarette
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Ashes fall like an unpaid debt
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Come on everybody place your bets
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In seventh grade he dug his grave
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Trying to be cool with the cool kids hey
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Follow everything they say
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You might fit in if you misbehave
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At sixteen he promised he'd be clean
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You didn't bend, but you sure did lean
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You do not deserve this
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Hey Mr. Wilmington
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Yeah, I heard about your son
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It's hard enough to hide your scars
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In smalltown USA
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Sweet Mr. Wilmington
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Yeah I read about your son
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Don't blame yourself, you raised him right
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Remember that when you can't sleep at night
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At twenty-one you found his gun
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Hey dad, it's just begun
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The ties that bind, they come undone
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Come on everybody, just for fun
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At twenty-four you found him on the floor
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Decadence was all he wore
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At the funeral, read his eulogy
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Insincere apologies
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You do not deserve this
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All the papers and press decide
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Hey, just another suicide
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You do not deserve this
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Mr. Wilmington
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