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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.

Tom Petty

Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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Abandonment Lose Yourself
God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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Close God Pain Reach
In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
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Myself Stand World
My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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Decision Marriage Myself Worth
Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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Lose Luck Pride
Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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Crown Heart Broken Life Steal Time
How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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Boy Love Play Yourself
If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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Death Old Yourself
Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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Forgiveness Key Redeem
You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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Believe See Yourself
You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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Fall Life People Start Yourself
There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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Choice Freedom Human Voice
A rebel without a clue.
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One Liner Rebel
The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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Herself Liquid Naked Poison Time
Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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Mindset Myself Place Time
I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Incredible Lazy Myself
No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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Guitar Instrument Learning Play
Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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Finding Goodness Love Yourself
The waiting is the hardest part.
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Hard One Liner Patience
I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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Artist Believe Herself Responsibility
I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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Fascination History Love Myself
I’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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Cool Light Myself Problem
I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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Hope Ideal Myself Thinking Weird
I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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Down Myself Tired
Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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Herself Night
There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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Freedom Run
I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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Authority Development Myself Personality Problem Time

I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.

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