1.2.22
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Every step you've taken
disappears with the tide.
You're torn up and shaken
with changing your mind.
You haven't got the grace
to say you'll finally decide.
And you haven't got the strength
to stay and fight.
Those people who surround you
only want to see you weak enough to crawl.
They'll lie for you, decide for you
and buy up all your rights and all your wrongs.
And they'll try to stop your singing
in the middle of your song.
For they do not want you free
and they will not make you strong
but only drag you down
in the hole they're coming from.
They say you are foolish
in wanting the sun.
Say you are selfish
in learning to run.
And they'll tell you that the darkness
is a blessing in disguise.
For you never have to notice
if you're sighted or you're blind.
And they'll do their best to keep you from the light.
You're more than beginning
You're learning to fly
It feels like you're falling
But it passes in time
I hate to see a friend go down in flames without a song,
So I'm waiting by the doorway but I will not linger long.
I'm leaving by night,
I'm leaving alone,
I'm leaving it lie,
When you're waken I'll be gone.
I would not beg for me,
As I could not beg for you,
But I'd like to be the one to see you through.
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"From me to you" from the album "Souvenirs: Best of Janis Ian 1972-1981".
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