Dear Ol Dad

 
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I was only fifteen 
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whe - en he said to me 
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"oh the sun is in the sky but the moon is in your mouth" 
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though he tried to get up but he just fell down 

 
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And the bottles in the box just break and shatter 
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and you're getting older but are you getting wiser 
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and now you're passed out on the  -  front porch 
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please don't pass this torch 

 
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I was only eighteen when i fell apart 
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all my light inside just started to get dark 
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and when we cried together in a shadow 
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all the light came back to my head 

 
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And the bottles in the box just break and shatter 
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and you're getting older but are you getting wiser 
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and now you're passed out on the  -  front porch 
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please don't pass this torch 

 
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I am almost twenty-one 
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livin' this life with a vice in my blood 
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when i call you on the phone 
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oh just to prove that you're not alone 


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And the bottles in the box just break and shatter 
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and you're getting older but are you getting wiser 
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and now you're passed out on the  -  front porch 
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please don't pass this torch