[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Once I was a beggar, with rags for my clothes
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I walked with a limb, and ate scraps of the road
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I asked every stranger, I offered some rose
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I thought maybe a flower, could patch up my hopes
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Once I was a bandit, I thieved and I stole
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I walked with a pistol, and a loaded billfold
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Oh I asked all my victims, as I wore out their sole
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Kiss me good night, keep a thorn from my rose
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Oh once I was a singer, throat coated and cold
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Oh I walked with swagger, made thousands of shows
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Oh I asked my song man, to find me a note (?)
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That’s as sweet as the nectar, that comes from my rose
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
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Well sometimes I’m a liar, and a good one I’m told
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Well I walked with such charm, but I’m lonely and cold
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I ask you for answers, I don’t want to know
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Just need these distractions, to keep my mind of that rose