[Verse 1]
Selling papers on the corner
I saw a man yesterday
I asked him if he'd want to
Tell me what made him this way

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He said, when it's born, it's warm
Then it gathers strength in lies
When it falls, it falls all over you

[Verse 2]
He used to pick his friends
They left him in the end
An easy thing to lose
The right to pick and choose

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[Verse 3]
He said he left his wife
The back-bone of his life
Another came along
But now I guess she's gone

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[Verse 4]
I think I used to see
That old man on TV
Can you be the same?
It seems like such a shame

[Chorus]

[Verse 5]
The world he thought he knew
Has better things to do
As I went on my way
I thought I heard him say

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