I've been down so long i can't get up i been cried cuz i drove you away i've been down before but it never hurt this bad and i don't wnat it to end this way. all my life i tried so hard to never do nobody no wrong its hard to believe that something so right could ever turn out so wrong
I've been down before i've been down. everytime you leave you know it hurt me so bad. wonder if you're coming back home. since we've been apart i realize i just can't make it alone.
I stay up all night i just can't sleep i cry cuz i get no rest and everyday i'm feeling blue, my heart is full of emptyness... i've been down before i've been down...
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