I can still remember when
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At the tender age of ten
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Mother told me I could be anything at all
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Then when I was seventeen
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Someone made that choice for me
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And if I disagreed
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I would end up on the street
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Out on the street
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We've been told for all our lives
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This is who you have to be
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Close your eyes, go back to sleep
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Don't ask questions
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Don't ask why
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Just do exactly as they say
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But I don't think that I can take
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The pressure
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The pressure
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Looking back at twenty-one
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I just wanted to have fun
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But first I had to go make a name for myself
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Now lately everywhere I go
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Somebody wants to know
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If something's wrong with me
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Because I'm not like them
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I'm not like them
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We've been told for all our lives
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This is who you have to be
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Close your eyes, go back to sleep
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Don't ask questions
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Don't ask why
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Just do exactly as they say
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But I don't think that I can take
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The pressure
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The pressure
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The pressure
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The pressure
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Tired of justifying who I am
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I long to ask for something
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More than what we've all been told to
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Do you think there's something wrong with me
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We've been told for all our lives
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This is who you have to be
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Close your eyes, go back to sleep
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Don't ask questions
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Don't ask why
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Just do exactly as they say
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But I don't think that I can take
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The pressure
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The pressure
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The pressure
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The pressure
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The Pressure
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| Hoobastank |
