THE HARD WAY EVERY TIME
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YEAH, I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF BROKEN DREAMS
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AND MORE THAN A COUPLE OF FALLS
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AND IN CHASIN' WHAT I THOUGHT WERE MOONBEAMS
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I HAVE RUN INTO A COUPLE OF WALLS
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BUT IN LOOKING BACK AT THE PLACES I'VE BEEN
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THE CHANGES THAT I'VE LEFT BEHIND
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I JUST LOOK AT MYSELF TO FIND
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I'VE LEARNED THE HARD WAY EVERY TIME.
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CAUSE I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF GOOD INTENTIONS,
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AND I'VE MADE MY SHARE OF MISTAKES
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AND I'VE LEARNED AT TIMES IT'S BEST TO BEND
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'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T, WELL THOSE ARE THE BREAKS.
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SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO ALL THE THINGS I WAS TOLD
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BUT I WAS YOUNG AND TOO PROUD AT THE TIME
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NOW I LOOK AT MYSELF TO FIND I LEARN THE HARD WAY EVERY TIME
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BUT IN LOOKING BACK AT THE LESSONS I'VE LEARNED
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AND THE MOUNTAINS I WANTED TO CLIMB
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I JUST LOOK AT MYSELF TO FIND I'VE LEARNED THE HARD WAY EVERY TIME.
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'CAUSE I'VE HAD MY SHARE OF BROKEN DREAMS
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AND MORE THAN A COUPLE OF FALLS
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AND IN CHASIN' WHAT I THOUGHT WERE MOONBEAMS
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I HAVE RUN INTO A COUPLE OF WALLS
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BUT IN LOOKING BACK AT THE FACES I'VE BEEN
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I WOULD SURE BE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY
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WHEN I LOOK AT MYSELF TODAY WOULDNA DONE IT ANY OTHER WAY.