I deserve an Academy Award,                                                           ­                 
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my performance should receive an encore                                                           ­                   
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because I can smile, act & pretend                                                          ­                  
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that I love this life that I am living                                                           ­             
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Juggling to keep the ***** in the air,                                                          
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take it on the chin like I have no cares                                                            ­      
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  I've been doing it for so **** long,                                                            ­                    
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in the background, they're playing my song                                                             ­     
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Taking my bows at the days end,                                                             ­         
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go to sleep & then do it all over again                                                            ­          
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When the curtains close, I fall apart,                                                           ­       
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splinters of glass in my scarred heart                                                            ­          
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  Inside­ my tears are falling like rain                                                             ­                       
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  but the old stains still remain                                                           ­                                     
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I just want to be who I am,                                                              ­                                                            
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not this aging super
woman                                                            ­            
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and still have people love me for me,                                                              ­      
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warts & all, unconditionally                                                  ­                                          
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I know I can't just fall apart                                                            ­          
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without someone playing my part                                                             ­       
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Keep the family together for me,                                                              ­              
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someone to take on the responsibility