| When you saw your dad shoot up for the first time
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| It must’ve came as quite a shock
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| You sat numb in your room for hours
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| Ignoring the afternoon’s drop-offs
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| You picture him, arms outstretched in a song
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| After Sunday school let out
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| He’d drive the family home
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| And you’d talk about Jesus
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| But 15 years can change a man
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| Alone in this wilderness
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| Say, «Keep your head up», if you’re not okay
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| But not okay is what’s expected
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| They claim you’re a hero
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| If you can make it off the couch
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| You know the truth in what they say
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| The world’s gonna kick you either way
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| But now you’re stuck in this routine
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| Just trying to make something on your own
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| Your older brother fled the country
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| The cops are coming 'round your home
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| But Kaylee has a baby on the way
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| They’re not gonna leave her a single mother
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| The dope was legal
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| But they roughed you up for selling on the side
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| But 20 years will change a man
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| 10 with behavior is what you’re looking at
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| Just keep your head down and you’ll be okay
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| You’re living up to what’s expected
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| They’ll claim you’re nothing
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| When you’re walking out the door
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| You know the truth in what they say
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| The world’s gonna kick you either way
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| And mom won’t even come around most days
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| Pop your prescription and you put on a brave face
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| Zone out to the local AM station
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| Try not to think about next month’s visitation
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| Saw you last week we haven’t talked since graduation
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| You’re moving H with a guy to catch up
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| But it’s clear you’re using
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| I didn’t have the guts to be a better friend
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| But what’s another ten grand gonna fix in the end?
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| Say, «Keep your head up», if you’re not okay
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| But not okay is what’s expected
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| They claim you’re a hero
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| But you died there on the couch
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| You knew the truth in what they say
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| The world’s gonna kick you either way |