It Once Was My Life There were people on the sidewalks Strolling down the avenues They were sitting outside in cafes We were looking for the muse Well I was locked in by the system Where no freedom is the rule Now I spend all my time just trying To make it understood It once was my life, that's what everybody said All the things I used to do and the people that were friends I've got to make it mean something at the end of the day It once was my life, they can't take that away Trials and tribulations and stupidity still rules Sometimes it looks like I'm on a ship of fools
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