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Old Shoes

What do you do when life comes crashing down When your coworker tells you that you have been training your replacement When you are stuck with enough money to pay your bills and all you have is twelve dollars Taunting your wallet to spend wisely Do we run? Or do we take this problem head on like a Ram charging up to prove ourselves against another hard skull I guess this is based off personal preference Just another life experience we must learn on our own Push through the hard times to gain the good times Things get easier when you work harder That is what I'm told at least When people hear about my life problems right now They are quick to give bullshit generic advice The whole "keep your chin up" or "life will turn around" Fuck that bullshit I'm sick of this advice Tell me something real Better yet, lets trade shoes for a while and you can wear these worn out kicks Full of Pain and hard times Actually I'm going to keep them Fight through this struggle Take life in stride and wear out these souls to the point where I need to buy new ones Ones that fit a bit better I'll walk through these empty streets to clear my head Shed hard earned layers of life Till the sun comes up to show me how beautiful life can be When everything begins to wake up and traffic begins to pick up I keep walking I keep walking until I reach my bed to lay and rest Hopefully when I wake up All the bad dreams will be gone No longer haunting me
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Jan 21, 2011
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