I mistook the warnings for wisdom
from so-called friends quick to
Dragon tales and the "water is wide"
Pirates sail and lost
I Made a promise to myself
Locked it way deep
I took my love and I took it down
I climbed
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Daddy sits on the front porch swingin'
Lookin' out on a
I'm so close to you baby
But I'm so far away
Theres
I wished I was smarter, I wished I was stronger
I
Well there was a little falter at the altar of
Two days past eighteen
He was waitin' for the bus in
You don't like the sound of the truth
Commin' from my
You can't afford no ring
You can't afford no ring
I shouldn't