| Well, you know you’re gonna have to steal it
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| If you want your cake and eat it, too
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| There is no one less believin'
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| Than the guy who’s been deceiving you
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| You got to pay the piper
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| In the end you will be so much wiser
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| Got to use your best endeavor
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| When you’re kissing to be clever
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| 'Cause it’s a hard, hard lesson
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| That you’re gonna learn
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| On the river of no return
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| You been burnin' all your bridges
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| Like a child with forty wishes
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| On the river of no return
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| Well, you got your finger
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| On the trigger
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| It would help if you was-a bigger
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| Now, it’s not easy, I know, it’s not easy
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| 'Cause it’s a hard, hard lesson
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| That you’re gonna learn
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| On the river of no return
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| Yes, you have done your share of cheatin'
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| Now you’re gonna have to take a beatin'
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| You been acting like a sucker
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| Now, you’re gonna have to suffer, yeah
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| 'Cause it’s a hard, hard lesson
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| That you’re gonna learn
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| On the river of no return
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| Say, say, say
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| It’s a hard, hard, lesson
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| That you’re gonna learn
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| On the river of no return
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| It’s a one way to go
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| It’s on and on you go
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| On the river of no return
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| Say it again!
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| It’s a hard, hard lesson
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| That you’re gonna learn
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| On the river of no return
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| Got swept out in the tide
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| With no one on your side
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| On the river of no return |