The demands made upon you
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Are hard to live up to
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It's futile to try and deny
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And the things you hold dearly
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Are scoffed at and yearly
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Judged once and then left aside
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'Cause they're blind
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They hold you too close to the light
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and I see what they only might if they'd learn
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but they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind
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To the brown-eyed beholder
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See the chip on your shoulder
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That fools everyone to believe
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that you're so hard to talk to
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And so easy to [read] through
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Yet nobody looks past your sleeve, yeah
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'Cause they're blind
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They hold you too close to the light
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and I see what they only might if they learn
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but they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind
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They only like what they can see
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An' what they can't, they just can't agree
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If you run to me, run, run
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Only like the day with her
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Only like a date with her
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then you'll run back
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Then you'll run back blind
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'Cause they're blind
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They hold you too close to the light
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and I see what they only might if they'd learn
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but they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind
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An old man said to me
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Go home and take it easy
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And run to me, run, run
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Only like a date with her
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Only one more day with her
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Then I'll run back
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Then we'll run back blind
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They hold you too close to the light
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And I see what they only might if they learn
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But they're letting us burn
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'Cause they're blind
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They're Blind
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The Replacements |