See I started patrol when I was 20 years old
People glarin' at me when I gave a ticket, charged a toll
But it ain't my fault 'cause that's just how it goes
Do you're job and you're on a roll
Like the dice, it's nice, but sometimes the spice
In the recipe we're mixing or what they call life
Is full of people who expect and you start to regret
Not meeting the top, school's done, it's all set
There's no going back and I wouldn't even want to
It takes up so much of my life, too much to go through
Who wants to relive the pressure, that same damn clock
With those hands that don't turn fast enough?
And then those cliques, those fits, those tricks they play
Laughin' when you fall, and you wish you hadn't stayed
But Momma likes the house and Daddy say we can't afford
To move so in the end you lose
But no matter how far you fall, no matter how hard it is
Past, present, future, accept it as a gift
Life will throw you discomfort, trouble will follow
You'll feel the tears come, you feel so empty, so hollow
Don't let it take away, close your eyes and pray
Hope for a brighter day, don't listen to a word they say
Someday they'll know, until then just let it go
And do what you think is right, do what you think is right
Keep to the light
Do what you think it right, what you think is right
No need to be afraid of the night
Do what you think is right, do what you think is right
It'll get you along
Do what you think is right, what you think is right
There's consequence to wrong
I was at the bar reachin' in my pockets for a quarter
In the corner I saw a father strike his daughter
'Cause he's seen her with a guy he'd never met before
He grabbed him by the collar and threw him out the door
The girl screamed terrified and looked at me
But I was too frozen in past to act rationally
Remembering all the times I'd lied to my family
Sneakin' off and doin' things that they'd deprived of me
And just like this girl, when they found out
I was standin' there panic-stricken lookin' all about
For someone to give me an answer or tell me what to do
Because in that moment it's hard to separate lie from the truth
Still even in this time people treat me like I'm the same
As if I'm dealin' drugs, sleepin' with so many people
And leadin' a hundred, no a thousand rampages
But I've changed, why won't anyone get it?
It hurts so much that they can't move on or forget it
But no matter how far you fall, no matter how hard it is
Past, present, future, accept it as a gift
Life will throw you discomfort, trouble will follow
You'll feel the tears come, you feel so empty, so hollow
Don't let it take away, close your eyes and pray
Hope for a brighter day, don't listen to a word they say
Someday they'll know, until then just let it go
And do what you think is right, do what you think is right
Keep to the light
Do what you think it right, what you think is right
No need to be afraid of the night
Do what you think is right, do what you think is right
It'll get you along
Do what you think is right, what you think is right
There's consequence to wrong
Sometimes I find myself sittin' in the corner of the room in the dark
Like a frightened child whose run from home
Shiverin' in the cold hopin' nobody will come
'Cause you feel like you wanna be all alone
And every little breeze is your past come to haunt you
Every little leaf that touches your hand is there to hurt you
So scared, so unprepared, 'cause no one understands
Livin' in your past, tellin' you your 'cans' and 'can'ts'
So your past was hell and they live on memory
Your present is now ruined 'cause your fakin' a smile painfully
And there goes your future, all the way, eternally
With all that judgment on your shoulder you're feelin' lonely
But no matter how far you fall, no matter how hard it is
Past, present, future, accept it as a gift
Life will throw you discomfort, trouble will follow
You'll feel the tears come, you feel so empty, so hollow
Don't let it take away, close your eyes and pray
Hope for a brighter day, don't listen to a word they say
Someday they'll know, until then just let it go
And do what you think is right, do what you think is right
Keep to the light
Do what you think it right, what you think is right
No need to be afraid of the night
Do what you think is right, do what you think is right
It'll get you along
Do what you think is right, what you think is right
There's consequence to wrong
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Someday they'll know, until then just let it go