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A father, keeping up with the pace Mother, applying makeup and mace Son, competing in most important race Daughter, content in lover’s embrace Manager, profit earner, best company man Beautiful and glamorous, archetypal woman Athlete, top scholar and paper boy Sweet sixteen now, this beautiful toy All, a sublime rhyme Man, estranged from family Woman, battered so fiercely Drug overdose, happen so easily In her girlfriend’s arms, so happily Family monarch, reduced to slave Precious, caring, loving, now so brave The candidate for the top, fighting the grave Beautiful, innocent, naive, in girlfriend’s arms, so safe Where, did we go wrong?
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Apr 30, 2010
Apr 30, 2010 at 4:02 AM UTC
WHERE DID WE GO WRONG
A father, keeping up with the pace Mother, applying makeup and mace Son, competing in most important race Daughter, content in lover’s embrace Manager, profit earner, best company man Beautiful and glamorous, archetypal woman Athlete, top scholar and paper boy Sweet sixteen now, this beautiful toy All, a sublime rhyme Man, estranged from family Woman, battered so fiercely Drug overdose, happen so easily In her girlfriend’s arms, so happily Family monarch, reduced to slave Precious, caring, loving, now so brave The candidate for the top, fighting the grave Beautiful, innocent, naive, in girlfriend’s arms, so safe Where, did we go wrong?
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Apr 30, 2010
Apr 30, 2010 at 4:02 AM UTC
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