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[Verse 1]
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She was dressed in a fit of illusion
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Indigo sun skirt, jet black hair
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She was alive with the devil inside
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Just burnin' and bruised with a cataract stare
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She was on all about the time down in Mexico City
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When the devil took her down to make make her look pretty
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I'd give you the world if you'd just give me your skin
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And I'll, I'll take you places that you've never been
[Chorus]
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She said, "I was born down, left to wander
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I'm just trying to get free
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You took my mother, you took my father
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Oh, but you're not gonna take me
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No, no, you're not"
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[Verse 2]
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Backpack tied, full of loose ends
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She was sinkin' down, overflowin'
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And tuggin' and tearin' just to keep it all in
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But the seams come undone to the fate you stole
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She said, "Get me a drink and make it a double
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Gonna need some miracle to knock out this trouble
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"You're not gonna win", she screamed to the sky
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And said, "I'll keep on runnin' 'til the day I die, yeah"
[Chorus]
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I was born down, left to wander
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I'm just trying to get free
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You took my mother, you took my father
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Oh, but you're not gonna take me, no, no, no
[Post-Chorus]
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No, you're not
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No, you're not gonna take
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No, you're not
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No, you're not gonna take
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No, you're not
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No, you're not gonna take
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[Bridge]
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I've got hounds on my heels
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Trying to crawl into my flesh and trying to tell me how to feel
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I've got hounds on my heels
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Sleepless hounds just follow me like I'm their only meal
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I've been primed for the kill
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Boots on my wheels
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Hounds on my heels
[Verse 3]
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Constantly strayed, the renegade arose
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But the devil-hot stones under fiery throws
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He said, "There's nothin' I can do to hang up the demon, but
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I'll lock you up if you keep on screamin'"
[Chorus]
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I was born down, left to wander
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I'm just trying to get free
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You took my mother, you took my father
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Oh, but you're not gonna take me
[Outro]
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No, you're not
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No, you're not gonna take
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No, you're not
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No, you're not gonna take
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No, you're not
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No, you're not gonna take
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No, you're not
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No, you're not gonna take