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each little step
doing its part
along with the thousand others
to get me where
I need to be
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You can tell me
and you can tell me
and you can tell
me and you can
tell me and
you can tell
me and you
can tell
me and
you
can
tell
me;
I tell you
You can tell me a thousand times
and I still won’t know it until
you throw away your words
and stop for a moment
and touch my arm
and look into my eyes
and say it.
That will show it.
And then ten years later when there are
dirty dishes and a crying
baby, and multiplication tables
to be reviewed,
and we have no money,
if I am fighting the wind
and you are fighting the wind
and both of us are still fighting the wind
but I have my hand in your hand
and your hand in my hand
then you won’t have to tell me with words
because I’ll still know it.
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I’ve attempted so many times
to commit a thousand crimes.
But before I even begin
someone always turns me in.
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A thousand times
I’ve said I won’t.
Don’t do it, man!
Don’t, don’t, don’t!
But my will is weak,
my supporters few,
and I go back to doing
what I always do.
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Thousand
A thousand eyes,
Cry two thousand tears.
They weep for the broken,
The lost and forsaken.
A thousand hearts,
Bleed two thousand lives.
They are broken and bleeding,
Living but unused.
A thouand ears,
Listen two thousand times.
They are alert and focused,
To hear the saddening tales.
A thousand lives,
Die two thousand deaths.
They fall for their country,
To save the lives of others.
A thousand graves,
Hold two thousand souls.
They hold the soldier and his honor,
For the rest of eternity.
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A thousand ways to say i do
A thousand ways to say its true
A thousand ways just me and you
A thousand eyes that sit and cry
A thousand hearts that lie and die
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