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Dinner Dog

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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 realise it now, I'm sure my life was free, I realise 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 wont 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 realise it now, I'm sure my life was free, I realise 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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jcadden On Apr 19, 2002

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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 realise it now, I'm sure my life was free, I realise 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 wont 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 realise it now, I'm sure my life was free, I realise 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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2002-04-19 23:26:15

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by jcadden

24y ago

If anyone can figure out the rest of these lyrics, do not hesitate to tell me. This is one of my favourite songs, the title comes from the name of a simpsons episode

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by danelle

24y ago

i think after "Life's too short for you to doubt, There is always someway out" he says "Try your own way you and you will see, how much sweeter life can be."