Take A Walk

[Intro ]
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Verse 
All these kinds of places 
Make it seem like it's been ages 
Tomorrow some new building will scrape the sky 
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I love this country dearly 
I can feel the ladder clearly 
But I never thought I'd be alone to try 
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Once I was outside Penn station 
Selling red and white carnations 
We were still alone, 
My wife and I 
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Before we marry, save my money 
Brought my dear wife over 
Now I want to bring my family state side 
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Pre-Chorus 
But off the boat they stayed awhile 
Then scattered across the coast 
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Once a year I'll see them for a week or so at most 
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Chorus 
I took a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, (oh-ah-ohhhh) 
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I take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk (oh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh) 
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verse 2 
Practice isn't perfect 
But the market cuts the loss 
I remind myself that times could be much worse 
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My wife won't ask me questions 
There's not so much to ask 
And she'll never flaunt around an empty purse 
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Once my mother-in-law came 
Just to stay a couple nights 
Then decided she would stay the rest of her life 
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I watch my little children, play some board game in the kitchen 
And I sit and pray they never feel my strife. 
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Pre-Chorus 2 
But then my partner called to say the pension funds were gone 
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He made some bad investments, now the accounts are overdrawn 
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Chorus 2 
I took a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, (oh-ah-ohhhh) 
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I take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk (oh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh) 
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Bridge 
Honey it's your son I think I borrowed just too much 
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We had taxes, we had bills, we had a lifestyle of fun 
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And tonight I swear I'll come home and we'll make love like we're young 
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Pre-Outro 
Then tomorrow you'll cook dinner for the neighbours and their kids 
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We can rip apart those socialists and all their damn taxes 
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But see I am no criminal 
I'm down on both bad knees 
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I'm just too much a coward to admit when I'm in need 
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Outro 
I took a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, (oh-ah-ohhhh) 
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I take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk (oh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh) 
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I take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, (oh-ah-ohhhh) 
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I take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk 
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk (oh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh)  
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