I WAS BORN WITH MY HAND IN A FIST
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AND MY EYES SHUT TIGHT
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ANY WONDER THAT I CANNOT RESIST
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PUNCHIN' BLINDLY IN A FIGHT
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THE FIRST TIME I SAW SWANS FLYIN' TO THE SUN
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I WANTED TO BE ONE
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LIKE EVERY MOTHER'S SON
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WHEN I SAW MY LIFE HAD BEGUN
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I WANTED TO BE SOMEONE
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LIKE MY BROTHER AND MY ONE AND ONLY FATHER
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AND LIKE EVERY MOTHER'S SON
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I WAS RAISED WITHIN A CAUSE
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WITH A PURPOSE TO FULFILL
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I WAS TAUGHT TO DEFEND WHAT WAS MINE
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AND INSTRUCTED NOT TO KILL
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MY SMALL MORTAL EYES CAN SEE ETERNITY
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IN THE CLOUDS THAT DISSOLVE AND THEN REGROUP ENDLESSLY
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LIKE EVERY MOTHER'S SON
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WHEN A MAN SHOWED ME HOW TO USE A GUN
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I WISHED I'D NEVER NEED ONE
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LIKE MY BROTHER AND MY ONE AND ONLY FATHER
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AND LIKE EVERY MOTHER'S SON
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EVERYTHING IN DOMESTICITY
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ASSUMES ITS ROLE BETTER THAN ME
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I'M A DISPLACED PERSON WHOSE CULTURE LET ME DOWN
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I RAISE MY OWN DAUGHTERS IN A PORNOGRAPHIC TOWN
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LIKE EVERY MOTHER'S SON
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I'VE LOST SOME AND SOME I'VE WON
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NOW I'M WAITING FOR A NEW DAWN
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LIKE MY BROTHER AND MY ONE AND ONLY FATHER
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AND LIKE EVERY MOTHER'S SON
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EVERY MOTHER'S SON
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