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In the days of my youth,
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I was told what it means to be a man.
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Now I've reached that age,
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I've tried to do all those things the best I can.
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No matter how I try, I find my way into the same old jam.
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Good times, bad times, you know I had my share,
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when my woman left home for a brown-eyed man,
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well, I still don't seem to care.
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Sixteen: I fell in love with a girl as sweet as could be,
it only took a couple of days till she was rid of me.
She swore that she would be all mine, and love me till the end,
but when I whispered in her ear, I lost another friend, oooh.
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Good times, bad times, you know I had my share,
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when my woman left home for a brown-eyed man,
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well, I still don't seem to care.
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Good times, bad times, you know I had my share,
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when my woman left home for a brown-eyed man,
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well, I still don't seem to care.
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Oh, I know what it means to be alone,
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I sure do wish I was at home.
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I don't care what the neighbors say,
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I'm gonna love you each and every day.
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You can feel the beat within my heart.
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realize, sweet babe, we ain't ever gonna part....
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