| A boy is born in a bed of thorns
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| He wears his halo hanging from his horns
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| City streets out of luck you lose
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| To get what you need
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| You do what you have to do
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| Count your blessings, count your tears
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| Some killing time, some killing years
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| Talk big, laugh loud you better back it up
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| It’s the bottom of the river
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| In the bottom of your cup
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| Living life in a tenement town
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| It’ll tear you up, it’ll drag you down
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| You’ve been there once
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| You don’t want to go back
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| It’s all been a lie
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| The world don’t work that way
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| Hey, somebody’s knocking
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| Just takin' what I need — that ain’t no crime
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| Hey, hey somebody’s knocking
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| Somewhere down the line
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| Once upon a time
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| Tenenment town, steeped in soul &sin
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| You know word gets round
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| They’re gonna deal you in
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| But the one-eyed jack don’t play him wrong
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| When the dirt goes down, you won’t live long
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| Ain’t no life in this tenement town
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| It’ll beat you up, it’ll bring you down
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| You’ve been there once, do you want to go back
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| It’s all been a lie
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| The world don’t work that way
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| Hey, somebody’s knocking
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| Just takin' what I need that ain’t no crime
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| Hey, hey somebody’s knocking
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| I’ve been down before, you won’t see me cry
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| No way, hey somebody’s knocking
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| You can take what’s yours what’s mine is mine
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| Hey, hey sonebody’s knocking
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| Somewhere down the line
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| Once upon a time
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| You can’t go home again
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| You walk this world alone
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| Once upon a time
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| Ain’t no life in this tenement town
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| It’ll tear you up, it’ll drag you down
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| You’ve been there once, do you want to go back
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| It’s all been a lie
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| The world don’t work that way
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| Hey, somebody’s knocking
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| Just takin' what I need that ain’t no crime
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| Hey, hey somebody’s knocking
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| I’ve been down before you won’t see me cry
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| No way, hey somebody’s knocking
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| You can take what’s yours what’s mine is mine
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| Hey, hey somebody’s knocking
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| Somewhere down the line
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| Once upon a time |