As I run through this life
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Sometimes it breaks my heart
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Seein' old people goin' downtown
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Stumblin' their way through the dark
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And the little babies cry
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For their mothers' warmth
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Sometimes I feel so helpless
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I don't know where to start
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And the face of the nation
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Keeps changin' and changin'
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The face of th enation
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I don't recognize it no more
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The face of the neation
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The face of the nation
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So many lonely people
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Damn those broken dreams
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Oh yes it could be better
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You can say that about anything
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Some got it worse than me
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Some got it worse than you
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You see the people starvin' underneath the tree
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And you wonder what happened to the golden rule
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[Chorus]
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You know babe I'm gonna keep on tryin'
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To put things right
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If only for me and you
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Cause the devil sleeps tonight
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[Chorus]
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The Face Of The Nation
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| John Cougar Mellencamp |
