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SITTING ON A PARK BENCH THINKING ABOUT A FRIEND OF MINE HE WAS ONLY 23 GONE BEFORE HE HAD HIS TIME IT CAME WITHOUT A WARNING DIDN'T WANT HIS FRIENDS TO SEE HIM CRY HE KNEW THE DAY WAS DAWNING AND I DIDN'T HAVE CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE
CHORUS: IN THIS LIFE I LOVED YOU MOST OF ALL WHAT FOR? 'CAUSE NOW YOU'RE GONE AND I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF WHAT FOR?
DRIVING DOWN THE BOULEVARD THINKING ABOUT A MAN I KNEW HE WAS LIKE A FATHER TO ME NOTHING IN THE WOULD THAT HE WOULDN'T DO TAUGHT ME TO RESPECT MYSELF SAID THAT WE'RE ALL MADE OF FLESH AND BLOOD WHY SHOULD HE BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY SHOULDN'T MATTER WHO YOU CHOOSE TO LOVE
CHORUS
PEOPLE PASS BY AND I WONDER WHO'S NEXT WHO DETERMINES, WHO KNOWS BEST IS THERE A LESSON I'M SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THIS CASE IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS
CHORUS
HAVE YOU EVER WA1CHED YOUR BEST FRIEND DIE HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A GROWN MAN CRY SOME SAY THAT LIFE ISN'T FAIR I SAY THAT PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE THEY'D RATHER TURN THE OTHER WAY WHILE WE WAIT FOR THIS THING TO GO AWAY WHY DO WE HAVE TO PRETEND SOME DAY I PRAY IT WILL END
I HOPE IT'S IN THIS LIFE I HOPE IT'S IN THIS LIFE TIME |