Intro
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In the waning days ahead
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I gotta look back down the road
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I know that it's not too late
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All the stupid things I've said
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And people I've hurt in my time
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Well I hope that it's not my fate
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To keep defeating my own self
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And keep repeating yesterday
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I can't keep defeating myself
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I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
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In the dark of night I might
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Be able to make myself think
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That I'm still a younger man
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But when the light of day shines down
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There's no way to get around it
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I am not the younger man
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I keep defeating my own self
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And keep repeating yesterday
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I can't keep defeating myself
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I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
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The choice is mine for making
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F better road ahead
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The road that I've been taking
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Headed for a dead-end
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But it's not too late to turn around
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In the final moments I
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Hope that I know that I tried
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To do the best I could
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To stop defeating my own self
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And stop repeating yesterday
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I can't keep defeating myself
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I can't keep repeating the mistakes of my youth
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