Intro
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Good lovin' man...
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(Doing the best I can...)
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(Doing the best I can...)
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[Verse 1]
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Something mutated when I was created
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Because the two of you don't share one selfish cell
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Lovin' and lustin', unthorough job rushin'
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You never knew your boy was raised so well
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Saturday EM you wake up, volunteer all over town
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Saturday PM I rise up from my coffin in the ground
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If actions speak louder, then I hardly make a sound
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Stay above just enough so as not to drown
[Pre-Chorus]
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The most I could ever hope to do is follow the model set by you
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I don't want to waste your time
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The most I could ever hope to do is follow the model set by you
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Make me want to be, make me want to be
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Make me want to be an-
[Chorus]
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Honest man
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Honest man
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Honest man
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Doing the best I can
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Honest man
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Honest man
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Doing the best I can
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I don't care much for karma
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Don't believe in the promised land!
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What's it gonna take to make me an honest man?
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[Verse 2]
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Wondering how the hell I ever got a hold of you
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We stayed high, maybe that's why you stayed so long?
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Overtaken by complacency as boredom took on you
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I stayed oblivious until you were already gone
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Moving is hard, but stagnation is harder
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I can no longer be a burden, can't create no more martyrs
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I need a light, cause I'm no self-starter
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Hope I figure it out before I'm someone's father
[Pre-Chorus]
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The most I could ever hope to be is that to you which you were to me
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To your life what you were to mine
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The most I could ever hope to be is that to you which you were to me
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The most I could ever hope to do is follow the model set by you
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I don't want to waste your time
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The most I could ever hope to do is follow the model set by you
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Make me want to be, make me want to be
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Make me want to be an-
[Chorus]
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Honest man
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Honest man
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Honest man
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Doing the best I can
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Honest man
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Honest man
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Doing the best I can
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I don't care much for karma
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Don't believe in the promised land!
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What's it gonna take to make me an honest man?
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[Outro]
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Honest man
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(I'm an honest man)
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Hardworking man
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(Hardworking man)
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Good lovin' man
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(Good lovin' man)
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Hardworking man
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(Hardworking man)
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Tell me what's it gonna take to make me
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An honest man
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(I'm an honest man)
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Good lovin' man
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(Good lovin' man)
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Hardworkin' man
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(Hardworkin' man)
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Good lovin' man
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(Good lovin' man)
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An honest man!
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Hardworkin' man
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(Hardworkin' man)
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Good lovin'...
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Good Lovin’ MAN
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Doing the best I can
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MAN
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Doing the best I can
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MAN
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Doing the best I can
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Doing the best I can
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Doing the best I can
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the best I can
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