Growing Pains

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I wake up in the mornin' in the arms of my whole world. 
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I know that I should tell him I love him so it hurts 
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But I still sing of heartbreak when we are doing great 
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That's another time when it's me just being fake 

 

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A conversation with my sister, a highlight of a day 
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I should tell her that more often, I don't know why I wait 
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'Cause right before you know it, it might go away 
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So why don't I just say it before it's too late? 

 

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My father gave me music, but had a wanderin' eye 
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I know my mother knew it, but stayed there by his side 
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So everyone would think, "What a perfect family" 
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That's another thing that I know we'll never be 



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I've always had this feeling, this fear of missing out 
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So I still go to parties with people I don't like 
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I know I should go home, but I'm stayin' every time 
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Yeah, that's another way, how I waste another night 



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You're supposed to be a grown up when you are thirty-two 
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So I just keep pretending, 'cause I don't have a clue 
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Keep smilin' like I'm happy, but never been this blue 
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Yeah, that's another thing that we're all supposed to do 



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When I'm looking at my grandma, she's all I wanna be 
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She doesn't have that darkness that lives inside of me 
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But then she'd never dare to do all the things she dream 
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But in another life, oh, I wonder who she'd be 



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When you become a mother it's so hard to explain 
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You love someone so much you forget to love yourself 
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You questioned the decision, but let nobody know 
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But when I hold her in my arms, I know I'm right where I belong 

 

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I know my biggest fear is being right there at the end 
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Just wishin' for a chance I could do it all again 
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But there's still time for livin' now while I'm still alive 
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So that's the only thing I will do before I die