Lessons Learned

Yeah i'm a little tired, i'm a little wired
Four pots of coffee in the last eight hours
Pacing the floor all the way through
Late, late movies and the early cartoons

Now you're wanting me to believe
You ain't fooling around on me

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Even through bloodshot eyes
I can see right through your lies
I mighta been born yesterday
But i've been up all night
Despite the caffeine
And the lack of visine
I'm not as wide eyed as i seem
You left looking fine now you
Come back home
Your hair messed up and your
Blouse buttoned wrong

I'd have to be a fool to believe
Anything you're telling me

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Never went quite as far as loving you blind
But you had me in the dark for a long, long time
Now you're looking at a man who's seen the light
So pardon the way i look
Sunset to sunrise, haven't slept a wink
But i feel like i just woke up
"cause even through bloodshot eyes
I can see right through your lies
I mighta been born yesterday
But i've been up, i've been up, i've been up
I've been up all night
I've been up all night
I've been up all night

There's a red brick in a white wall
Somebody's brush forgot to paint
So it sits there all alone
Like a hopeful sinner
Who finally goes to church
She don't sit among the christians
Cause she questions her own worth
Oh she's lonely
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Lonely like the way you left me
Nothing i know's gonna get me
Through, losing you
The worst of loves analogies
Are tangled up inside of me
But the only one that brings
Me to my knees
Is lonely
There's a man in his own prison
With a crime nobody knows
He has sentenced himself to life
Witn no pardon or parole
Oh he's lonely
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I'm a red brick in a white wall
Somebody's brush forgot to paint
Lonely

Thomas jefferson, he had slaves
In the land of the free and the home of the brave
I read about him in the seventh grade
He's forgiven

Jfk he loved to run around
He and norma jean painted that town
But we know him as a hero now
He's forgiven

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Baby i know i did you wrong
Thats why i'm here, thats why you're gone
I don't know just what i've done
To be one of the unforgiven

I had an uncle, he dodged the draft
They said step forward and he stepped back
But we all cut him some slack
He's forgiven

Judas betrayed the christ with a kiss
Cartel kings get a slap on the wrist
Jesse james and billy the kid
They're all forgiven

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I've made mistakes, thats what life is
But there ain't a thing i can't live with
And even though you can't forgive
You're forgiven

Little baby boy, sittin round his toys
Gettin tired of crawlin
He's pullin up on an easy chair
He's gonna try a little walkin
He's takin steps
A six year old with a new school bag
Starin down his drive
Holdin on to his mama's hand
He's going on his first bus ride
He's takin steps
A teenage boy in a rented tux
Reaching out a trembling hand
To a pretty young girl in a satin dress
Asking her to dance
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Steps, some big, some small
Puttin one foot after the other
Steps, the trick to it all
Is diggin down to find a little courage
And it's okay
To be afraid
You gotta have faith
Life's all about
Steps
For 22 years she stood by a man
Who did her wrong
With a packed suitcase
And a greyhound ticket, she's finally gone
She's takin steps
At a meeting downtown, a tired old drunk
Stands and says his name
That leaves him eleven to go and he can
Already feel the change
He's takin steps
Somewhere a great grandpa says
"i'm ready to go"
Peacefully drifts off to sleep
Wakes up on streets of gold

If i was lost on the ocean
Stranded in the middle of the sea
I'd have to live on devotion
Hopin' that you'd rescue me
If i was nearin' the end
And runnin' out of time
The only thing that would keep me alive
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It's your long wet kiss
In the mornin that i can't resist
Can't deny it when it feels like this
Theres nothin' more i would miss
Than your long wet kiss
Some men are driven by diamonds
Some they are drawn to gold
I could live life on desire
With only your body to hold
If i was pushed to the edge
And had to offer my life
Darlin' i would pay any price
(i wouldn't think twice)
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You can move to another town
Take everything i ever gave you
Call when you're feeling down
Tell me everything i never listened to
What a sad affair
I'm here and you're way out there

Now your friends say you did the right thing
You were never meant to be a wife
And their expert opinions may bring
You to making up your mind for life
What a tragic night
Truth ain't always such a blinding light
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I can love you from here to texas
I can find you in tennessee
You can run from here to kingdom come
But you can't run away from me
You can stand by your innocent line
And pretend that things are better now
But there's a flaw in your perfect design
You'd fix it but you don't know how
Baby i can drive
I can keep it on the road
As long as i'm alive
(repeat chorus
I could find you in california
Or any place that you might be
You can run from here to kingdom come
But you can't run away from me