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If I was smart I would take your advice
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But I am not and so I have to think twice
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Never a lesson have I learned
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Without first being burned
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I was about to tell you the truth
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All the mistakes of my wasted youth
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Why I didn't make it home on time
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But you would have thought I was only lying
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And it's, oh, the troubles I've known
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I seem to learn everything the hard way
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I'm not old enough to be on my own
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But I'm much too old to stay
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I always believed I ran away
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But now I know you told me to go
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Maybe it's worked out better this way
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What could you say I didn't already know?
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And it's, oh, the troubles I've known
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I seem to learn everything the hard way
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I'm not old enough to be on my own
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But I'm much too old to stay
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And it's, oh, the troubles we've known
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We seem to learn everything the hard way
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We're not old enough to be on our own
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But we're much too old to stay
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The Hard Way [Private Music album version]
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Michelle Shocked |