Al's War

Intro 
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Al said goodbye to his mom and dad for the first time in his 
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life tonight he left the house and walked to the waiting car outside. 
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Yeah and somehow he thought they'd never understand that nothing lasts and he just knows that 
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time is just spinning by and life is passing him by so fast 
 

 
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And sometimes I think I'm the only one that feels like going nowhere Its like giving up 
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Sometimes I think I'm the only one that feels like going... 

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 Al said to me a few days ago that he just thought for the first time in his  
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life he feels that the last few years were only a waste of (time) only a waste of time 
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Yeah and that it was always a compromise of what he always felt in- 
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side his declaration under the orange street lights 
 

 
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And sometimes I think I'm the only one that feels like going nowhere Its like giving up 
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Sometimes I think I'm the only one that feels like going... 
 

 
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He was the one who always did the right thing he was the one who would always  
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listen to everything they'd say but not today he's never going  
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back. 
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And nobody said that there would be days like these, 
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there'd be days like these, there'd be days! 
 

Outro 
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And sometimes I think I'm the only one that feels like going nowhere Its like giving up 
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Sometimes I think I'm the only one that feels like going nowhere Its like giving up 
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Wooooooooo like giving up 
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Woooohoooo like giving up 
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Woooooooooo not giving up 
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