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I was a stone in the dry lake bed
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That a furious and tumbling river once fed
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Like an apostle of Jesus with his hands on my head
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Or another horse dead from exhaustion
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The rings on your fingers, the rings on your arms
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The hoops in your ear or your necklace of charms
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Or the long lifelines that are traced in your palms
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Are an elegant tale of misfortune
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A reasonable thing would be to just walk away
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Empty your pockets and call it a day
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If you've got religion, then you know how to pray
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And if you don't, you can always try thinking
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That was a thought that we fastened with wire
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Bound it with cloth and placed in the fire
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That even the lowest river has a source somewhere higher
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A thousand miles from the ocean
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There is a fear that will empty your heart
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And devils that will fool you for taking it apart
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And you'll think it's the end, but it's only the start
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Of a crippling and useless emotion
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The town that you wound up in won't know your name
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A circle of hungry wolves eying your claim
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Wearing your love like a proud lion's mane
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Wondering, "What the hell was I thinking?"
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You're going out bravely you're going out bad
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With your head full of happy and your heart full of sad
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And all of the weapons you never realized you had
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Are piled up and buried behind you
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Maybe you'll lose one, maybe you'll win
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Maybe your armor is perilously thin
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Or your endless and shameful appearance of sin
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Is only there to remind you
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If it wasn't so dark, if it wasn't so late
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I'd be much more inclined to acknowledge my fate
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It's hard to accept it, but it's harder to hate
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Maybe it's just my heart sinking
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
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