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I Got a Life of My Own

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I said I got a life of my own
I've got a life of my own

I said, don't try to make me a part of no plan
Take me or leave me alone
Freedom's a feeling that few understand
And I got a life of my own

I said I ought to know where to sow my own seeds
And when I ought to leave it alone
Trouble's an old friend that I didn't need then
And I had a wife of my own

I said I got a life of my own
I've got a life of my own

I caught a beer bottle flat in the face
It laid me back to the bone
Hate is a flavor that's ugly to taste
I had a knife of my own

Now they leave me alone and alive by myself
Lost in the steel and the stone
Hoping for heaven and heading for hell
I've got a life of my own

I said I got a life of my own
I got a life of my own

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mellow_harsher On Feb 25, 2010

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