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All the way to grandma's house
I stayed on the narrow path but my brother wandered off deep into the wood bitten twice by rattle snakes tangled in the poison oak he fell down and broke his legs into a great ravine when I arrived at grandma's house she had made us tea and cake she asked me where my brother was I said I don't know and I ate When I get to heaven I'll be greeted warmly surrounded by the angels as jesus takes my hand I'll receive a mansion on the river Jordan and a crown made of diamonds for a race well run I won't ever lock my doors I will trust my neighbors confident that they deserve to be there in heaven, too |
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the volunteers were tired, heads were hanging low
the news had spoiled their appetite for stuffing envelopes twelve points was an awful lot to be down in the polls with only two weeks to go shouldering the phone, loosening his tie his running mate on pricks and pins, hovering beside the candidate wrote furiously as if to save his life then hung up the phone and spoke with great conviction "when you're nothing but a boyfriend dangling by a thread keep in mind the bottom line, diamonds are a girls best friend" inches from the goal, one thing on his mind to get behind her desk and make some big decisions power can be such a tease, you're always wanting more it's good to know that just like sex, it can be paid for |
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Officer
Please don't haul me in Though I'm drunk again I can explain I swear to you For a week I have Been completely dry Until tonight He's been such a good example Everything he's done for me I couldn't bear to let him down Monday night Brother sat me down Very graciously And explained "If I'm going to help you I must make it very clear Brother that I love you But certainly I hate your sin" So you see you can't arrest me I swore I'd be careful not to Further shame the family name |
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Dear unlock the door
You're acting like a child When you've said it yourself We are at war How dare you turn on me now Right when I need you most I wish I could have seen their faces when they heard the news Now that's the sort of smack that leaves a bruise The victory is ours at last I beat them at their own dirty game They pervert the words of god and man For their own selfish gain I took their wrong and I took their lies and I made them right, I made them right Oh, look who it is It's my subordinate wife and she thinks she's going to squeal Hey where do you think you're going? Don't you walk away from me You put down that telephone You're not calling anyone |
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Blood stains on the carpet
blood stains on my hands drag her toward the kitchen hide the evidence Oh the toil a lie can bring that quitters never know but lies can be the perfect things if they never show The crisis that posed a question just beneath the skin the virtue in my veins replied that quitters never win she almost ruined everything |
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Such an awful, tragic night
Though I've only done what's right Even with my conscience clear I can't help this flood of tears I've got my eye on the finish line Though I've been striving for their good I will be misunderstood Even my own darling dear Misconstrued what was so clear Given the time I think she would have understood That it was for the greater good Soon I will meet her at our mansion in the sky Leaving this wicked world behind It's strange that it should end this way But martyrs never have a say |
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My dress shoes on.
The well-kept cemetary lawn. Both of them weeping. Their one good son now was gone. The irony, to see my dad down on his knees, Crying out to Jesus, "But Lord I've always done what's right." All the while, The good Lord smiled, And looked the other way. And looked the other way. When we were kids, I did my best to make them proud. It just wasn't in me. I could not fly straight to save my life. All the while, The good Lord smiled, And looked the other way. And looked the other way. Their big success is now their biggest failure. Their golden child has been dethroned. Their reputation is now in ruin. Their tower to heaven has come tumbling down. And all the while, The good Lord smiles, And looks the other way. And looks the other way. |
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if at first you don't succeed
try, try again if i were you i'd give up the path is too narrow the way is too steep save your applause for the end of the show count it a blessing that you're such a failure your second chance might never have come |
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