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They said to give up, and you grow up 
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That my songs make them wanna throw up 
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That I'm not original 
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Or catchy, or clever, or smart 

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They said my guitar would sound better 
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At the bottom of the Ohio river 
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That I should get a job 
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At the Route 51 KMart 

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And sometimes I think I might agree with 
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My old friends that don't call me anymore 
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To hang out or catch up or go drink beer 

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And maybe I am not the same 
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Thank God that I am not the same 
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And I hope to be weirder than this 
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This time next year 

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With friends like that who needs friends 
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When you have seasonal depression 
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In Western Pennsylvania 
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Or anywhere 
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You're afraid to just be yourself 

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Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck here 
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Trapped in the wrong year 
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Like an empty pack of cigarettes 
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Like an endless bill called college debt 

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And I don't know when I first started feeling so alone 
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Like how everyone else has a place and I simply don't 
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And sometimes you wake up in your 30's 
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Take a look around 
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And realise that you're lucky not to be a ghost in a ghost town 

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With friends like that who needs friends 
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When you have seasonal depression 
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In Western Pennsylvania 
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Or anywhere 
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You're afraid to just be yourself 

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Sometimes I think that I'll die here 
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Sometimes that's alright 
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Sometimes those words haunt me 
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And cut me like a butterknife 

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And if your friends are assholes 
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Then you're better off alone 
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Or you can go make new friends at the retirement home 

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Or you can move to Hazelwood and I will be your friend 
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And we can make a record in our brand new punk rock band 

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With friends like that who needs friends 
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When you have seasonal depression 
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In Western Pennsylvania 

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Or anywhere... 
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A-ny-where