Born In The Eighties

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I grew up in the 90's at least 
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that's what I tried
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looking for ways to be satisfied
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I went to San Diego to try out my 
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luck
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came back 12 months later and 
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again I was stuck
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I felt like a goldfish stuck in a 
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bowl
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I was waiting for something that 
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I could control
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after 2000 no longer a kid
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the world didn't end but 
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something else did
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when my father takes off I'm 
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already 19
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he wasn't as happy as I thought 
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he seemed
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if this is my screenplay I don't 
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like my role
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these are the things that you 
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just can't control

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although I feel a lot older I'm 
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just 23
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if you're looking for answers don't 
come to me
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instead of a future I've got a 
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guitar
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but dreaming out loud won't get 
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me far
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still I feel I'm ready for rock'n 
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roll
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there might be something that I 
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can control
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by the time I hit 30 I'll have 
enough
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of being a twentysomething in 
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love
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my friends will all be married or 
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they will be gone
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me, I'll still be wondering 
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what's going on
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if that's what it takes then I'll
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 sell my soul
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as long as there's something that
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 I can control

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one day I'll wake up and I'll be 38
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doing the things I used to hate
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the trick to forget the bigger 
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picture is when
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you look at everything in 
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close-up as often as you can
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our revolution is covered in mold
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there's only so much you can 
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control
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this is no anthem because anthems 
are proud
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and pride isn't something that 
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this is about
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I shouldn't care shouldn't care
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but I do and that's sometimes 
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too hard to bear
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still walking the same road with 
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my shoes full of holes
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just waiting for something that 
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we can control

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if I ever reach 50 or 65
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too early to tell if I'll still be 
alive
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we were born in the 80's and now we 
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are here
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my generation's dream will disappear
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I'm at a graveyard passing the rows
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a silent surrender we'll never 
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get close
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this is my story you swallowed it 
whole
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about us feeling the need to be 
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in control