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David Roth
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An aging man, a younger one, and a woman in her prime
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Connected by their circumstance of birth
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A father, son and daughter somehow all obsessed to find
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The mark that each will leave upon this earth
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Alone is his apartment in his favorite easy chair
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The aging man endures his failing health
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Nowadays preoccupied arranging his affairs
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And adding up the value of his wealth
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He says a prayer and falls asleep, then somewhere in a dream
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He's searching for his children and he's calling out to them
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"Will I leave enough behind to help you get along
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Please tell me how will I be counted when I'm gone
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It won't be by your worldy goods, it won't be by your gains
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And not among possessions you bequeath
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But wisdom, grace and kindness and the power of your love will be
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The measure of the legacy you leave
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The working day is over and the woman in her prime
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Alone now in her office looks around
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An unfulfilling business is the only sight she sees
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The ticking of the clock, the only sound
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She closes up and locks the door and trudges down the hall
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Takes her window seat that evening on the train
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She stares out in the darkness but the only thing she sees
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The reflection of her weariness and strain
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Her mind begins to wander, she remembers all the years
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Of the struggle and persistence that go into such careers
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And here she is with everything she'd worked so hard to win
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And such an empty feeling burning deep within
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Another late and lonely night, the younger man walks home
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And slowly climbs the several flights of stairs
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He pulls the shade and locks the door, unplugs the only phone
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Puts himself to bed and says his prayers
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A blessing for my aging dad, my sister in her prime
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And a woman I once loved who got away
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And for all the wasted moments when I took them all for granted
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And for words I never had the nerve to say
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Another night of drifting in and out of restless dreams
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Of unborn children, marriage, and the lives that might have been
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But lives that might have been are only lives that never were
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And all I'll ever know's that I'll never know for sure
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Here's to every aging person and to all those in their prime
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And to passing on the love that you receive
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For wisdom, grace and kindness and the power of that love will be
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The measure of the legacy you leave
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The power of your love will be
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The measure of the legacy you leave
David Lee Roth - California Girls (Offic...
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