Somebody told me I should get a normal job
If I don't quit the band I have I'll end up as a slob
But I'm not listening to no one
Especially not the people who aren't happy with their lives
And yet they preach

Well, this is who I am and what I really want to do
Yeah, I do respect you, hope you will respect me too
Ready to go on with my life, know it's all me
I realize it now, I'm sure my life was free, I realize it now

Somebody told me that I dream my life away
If I don't start to live like him I'll end up being ashamed
But I won't fall, I'll never leaving
More important than this
I should be following just in me, go my own way

Well, this is who I am and what I'm truly standing for
Figure out the answers by myself and I'm quite sure
Working to whatever that I want it's all me
I realize it now, I'm sure my life was free, I realize it now

This is a beginning
Yeah, I know it never ends
Life's too short for you to doubt
There is always someway out
Try your own way, you will see
How much sweeter life can be?



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Dinner Dog Lyrics as written by E. Olsson Sarsevic

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    after "if I don't start to live like him I'll end up in the shade" i think he says "But I'm wont fall, I'll never leaving"

    mR_CLeAN-on July 08, 2002   Link

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