These Days

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I was walking around
       
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Just a face in the crowd
      
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Tryna keep myself out of the rain
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Saw a vagabond king
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Wear a Styrofoam crown
         
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Wondered if I might end up the same
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There's a man out on the corner
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Singing old songs about change
                     
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Everybody's got their cross to bear these days
         
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She came looking for some shelter
       
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With a suitcase full of dreams
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To a motel room on the boulevard
              
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I guess she's tryna be James Dean
      
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She's seen all the disciples 
    
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and all the wanna-bes
                
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No one wants to be themselves these days
              
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Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days

      
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These days the stars hang out of reach
      
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These days there ain't a ladder on the streets

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These days are fast
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Nothing lasts
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In this graceless age
                   
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There ain't nobody left but us these days

      
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Jimmy Shoes busted both his legs
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Tryna learn to fly
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From a second story window
        
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He just jumped and closed his eyes
    
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His momma said he was crazy
          
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He said, "Momma, I've gotta try
                    
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Don't you know that all my heroes died?
      
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And I guess I'd rather die than fade away"

      
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These days the stars hang out of reach
          
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But these days there ain't a ladder on the streets

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These days are fast
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Nothing lasts
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It's a graceless age
                   
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Even innocence has caught the midnight train
          
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And there ain't nobody left but us these days

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I know Rome's still burning
           
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Though the times have changed
     
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This world keeps turning
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Round and round and round 
              
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and round these days

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These days the stars hang out of reach
          
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But these days there ain't a ladder on the streets

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These days are fast
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Love don't last
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It's a graceless age
                   
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Even innocence has caught the midnight train
      
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These days the stars hang out of reach
      
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These days there ain't a ladder on the streets

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These days are fast
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Nothing lasts
      
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There ain't no time to waste
                   
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There ain't nobody left to take the blame

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There ain't nobody left but us these days

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Ain't nobody left but us these days

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