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Intro

I painted your house

To pretty up the town

 And I-

 Know what it's like

 When we're caught between a crowd

I know you feel alone

Perhaps its time we grow

Get out on your own

To build a better home?

Run, head for the hills

And bundle up the kids

We're planning a plot

And praying that our luck

Gets better

I'm piling up my plates

Counting what I've ate

Cuz I've got places to go

And I need to fit my clothes

I'm grabbing at straws

And bringing you along.

Time can't tell its tale

And I, only half as well

As long as I'm this far

My face won't play the part

Or fit in to the mold

To do what I've been told

I painted your house

To pretty up the town

I try to be good

But all I do is wrong

I know you feel alone

Perhaps its time we grow

And get out on your own

Build a better Rome(?)

I've been on the road

trying to make a start

and all my pretty things

they just fall apart

but now I'm coming home

And bringing my guitar

I'm..... (?)

It's nothing that I want