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I nearly made it all the way to work this morning
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Then I changed my mind
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There's an empty feeling in my soul
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That's crying for a lifetime of marking time
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I don’t know if it's too late to find success
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Or if my life can take the change
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But I'm not getting any younger
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And I'm feeling the weight of my chains
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My woman waits at home for me inside
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The safety of an aging dream
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She goes on believing in some
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Promises that she ain't never seen
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And it would break her heart if she knew how
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My thoughts are tortured by the strain
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God knows that I love her
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I'm just feeling the weight of my chains
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I'm not looking for that pot of gold beyond
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Some faded rainbow in the sky
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I'm just trying hard to feed a hungry dream
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That's trying hard to stay alive
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But sometime I feel like giving up
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When all my efforts seem in vain
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But somehow I'll keep on trying
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I'm just feeling the weight of my chains
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Lord knows I'll keep on trying
D#7 G#
I'm just feeling the weight of my chains