Why did you steal the matches
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From the one room motel
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Once they gave you answers
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Now they give you hell
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They will never understand
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They wonder where did they go wrong
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How could you be so selfish
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Why can't you get along
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And as you pray in your darkness
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For wings to set you free
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You are bound to your silent legacy
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You've seen it in the movies
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And you've heard it on the street
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Craving the affection
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Your blood is full of heat
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They don't listen to your reasons
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As original as sin
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Deny all that you feel
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And they will bring you home again
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And as you pray in your darkness
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For wings to set you free
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You are bound to your silent legacy
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Your body is alive
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But no one told you what you'd feel
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The empty aching hours
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Trying to conceal
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The natural progression
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Is the coming of your age
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But they cover it with shame
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And turn it into rage
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And as you pray in your darkness
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For wings to set you free
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You are bound to your silent legacy
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You are digging for the answers
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Until your fingers bleed
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To satisfy the hunger
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To satiate the need
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They feed you on the guilt
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To keep you humble keep you low
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Some man and myth they made up
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A thousand years ago
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And as you pray in your darkness
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For wings to set you free
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You are bound to your silent legacy
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Mothers tell your children
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Be quick you must be strong
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Life is full of wonder
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Love is never wrong
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Remember how they taught you
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How much of it was fear
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Refuse to hand it down
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The legacy stops here
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Oh my child...
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Silent Legacy
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Melissa Etheridge |