This Thing Called Life

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From the mountain, to the valley
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This whole place just, one beautiful country
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Times a killer, and the cure
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And everybody's, got their own stories

[Chorus]

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There's a million ways, to know yourself
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And everybody's got to find the key
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And God don't mind, she take her time to crucify us
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In this thing called life

[Verse 2]
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Let me tell you bout Audrey, she loved a sailor
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He loved her for her, midnight feast
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So she had his baby, then he joined the navy
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He said he'd come back, but he never did that

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There's a million ways, to break her heart
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There's only one way to be the thief
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And God don't mind, she take her time and crucify us
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In this thing called life

[Verse 3]
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Now how bout Mary, She hides a secret
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The congressional money, through a slot machine
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And good time Billy, the life of the party
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In love with his best friend, his wife's brother

[Chorus]
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There's a million ways  to lose yourself
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Guess everybody's lost anyway
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And God don't mind, she got the time to crucify us
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In this thing called life

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Little boy Henry, he buys a gun walks
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In the schoolyard and shoots them all down
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And little girl Jenny, Sold to slavey
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She crossed the border and thought she was free

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There's a million ways  to fall apart
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And the tide's getting higher as we speak
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And God don't mind she got the time to crucify us
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In this thing called life

[Verse 4]
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And did you hear about Courtney, she covers her body
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To hide the bruises, even in the summer
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And you know that David, well he don't mean it
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But he's just like that, when he drowns his soul

[Chorus]
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There's a million ways  to love yourself
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But the how do we know what love really is
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And God don't mind she'll take her time to crucify us
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In this thing called life

[Verse 5]
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And maybe when light forms and nothing matters
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We're bits of stardust and energy
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And baby in the madness with cosmic genius
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From mass destruction, come blissful peace

[Chorus]
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Oh there's a million ways   to find yourself
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But none of the answers are for free
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And God don't mind she'll take her time to crucify us
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In this thing called life
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You know this thing called life
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You know this thing called life
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You know this thing called life