Deep Roots lyrics
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Paper Doll
by Shannon Lemly
I don't deserve this feeling
My eyes fill up with tears
I don't deserve this hatred
that's been building up for years
and I don't take this from anyone
as he knocks me to the floor
it's just I'm having trouble seeing my self
as I did before
I know someday I'll get over what we had
I know someday I'll stop feeling so sad
and I understand why he lied
I understand what's inside
I understand why he wouldn't let me be
You blame me for the way the point chips and falls
cut me up in pieces like a paper doll
and you'll blame for the next time that you lose your grip
I tell you now
I'm through with it
take it as you will
I don't care either way
take it as you will
this has got to end today
and you want to hold me one more time
and I just want you out of my mind
and you turn around to kiss me
like everything is fine
You blame me for the way the point chips and falls
cut me up in pieces like a paper doll
and you'll blame for the next time that you lose your grip
I tell you now
I'm not part of it
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Stuck
by Ryan Salisbury
Today is yesterday
It's always the same
A never ending battle with time
Holds me down always the same
Today is yesterday
Yesterday is today
Same motions same thoughts
A robot in demand
Everything is still
Stuck in time
Today is yesterday
Yesterday is today
I can predict the future
Everyday is the same
I can predict the future It will be yesterday
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Get Out of It
by Krissy Caba
If you feel alone
And that no one
No one likes you
For the things you say and do
Just get out of it
Just say no when you get forced
Justice, that's the name of the course
Be brave, be strong
Don't let anyone say you're wrong.
Don't be a fool
Standing up for yourself is cool
If your friendships come to an end
Don't worry
You're rights is what you defend
So get out of it
Just say no when you get forced
Justice, that's the name of the course
Be brave, be strong
Don't let anyone say you're wrong
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Downtown
by Haley Percy
Cluttered stores rise at every corner
Indirect people soaring past you
In the shadows searching sometimes
Traffic slows when everyone goes home
Late when mischief walks and talks alone
Lines for blocks inviting lights always shining bright
Downtown at night
Dancing, prancing, vandalism lurking
Underneath you they break through
You're never quite the same again
Traffic slows when everyone goes home
Late when mischief walks and talks alone
Lines for blocks inviting lights always shining bright
Downtown at night
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It's My Youth
by Jesse Altig
Stop being a slob and find a job
Your almost eighteen years old
And you don't have a clue
About what you want to do
I'm gonna do what I want to do
It's my youth
Get serious before it's too late
Nah, I think I'll go out and skate
Cause I'm gonna do what I want to do
It's my youth
Do the things a good boy would
I'd rather snowboard on Mt. Hood
You have to go to college and move out
Maybe I'll just ride my bike and joke around
Cause I'm gonna do what I want to do
It's my youth
I'm gonna do what I want to do
It's my youth
In my youth
In my long lost youth
I worked long hard days in the sun
Yeah, but when you were young
You forgot to have fun
And that's why I'm gonna do what I want to do
Cause it's my youth
Do things a good boy would
I'd rather snowboard on Mt. Hood
You have to go to college and move out
Maybe I'll just ride my bike and joke around
Cause I'm gonna do what I want to do
I'm gonna do what I want to do
I'm gonna do what I want to do
It's my youth
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We Will All Have to Pay
by Ilia Spitzer
Death will come to us all one day
The prices we will pay
For all our broken promises, mistakes
The lies we've told and the risks we take
Everyone will have to pay
Whether you've chosen the right or wrong way
Our lives will one day come to a halt
But we must understand
It's not our fault
It's no one's fault we have to pay
We must all choose our way to lay
When my time comes I will not complain
Through my life and through my pain
I have learned strength is what I have to gain
Some people will never learn
That it is the respect and hope we earn
That will lead us to that great day
That is not all that far away
When we will all have to pay
Misty/Golden Souls
by Renato Caranto Jr.
Inside locks hold the real me
They only open with these golden keys
behind the doors are black and white
Rooms of rhythm and melodic light
At times you can step in my world
My solos I play
My heart you've heard
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The Old Man
by Joe Sova
What he saw and what he heard
Was too much for this old man
For this old man had the sweetest soul
Never sinning the littlest thing
He saw good in everything
And never killed the littlest thing
For this old man was good indeed
so for this old man it was too much
To see the world as it is today
Queen
by Lauren Tonn
I remember when I was a little tike
The dreams I had and the castles I'd make
I knew one day that I'd be great
The money I'd make and the power I'd take
I would rule the world
Under my thumb
Me, the loveliest queen
Under the sun
Now I sit in an ugly brown desk
The teacher speaks and I follow like the rest
My dreams are rusting
I no longer lust
For unspeakable power and an inconceivable quest
The castles I built
Are now dust beneath my feet
My dreams are now a part of a sad reality
I know they were dreams
And dreams can never be
I will never rule the world
As that lovely queen
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Working Ideals
by Nate Strande
Make-shift ideals and pessimistic views
Paint a picture of my equal opportunity
Employment is a dead end road of realism
The injustices are resurrected into ideals of modernism
The key to a better life is underlined in our morale
Employment becomes less definite
When the realism becomes more apparent
Stricken with self doubt and inadequacy
Sums up a life that has been lived for others
Optimism is realism in their eyes
Eyes that have seen the world in symmetrical fashion
Definitions mean the least
And contemplation takes a toll of expense
Everything is unreal but seems so complete
The tail and angst of teenage years
Complete the cycle of joy unfelt in my heart
Less the man due to a job
That has changed my outlook on mankind for the worse
Justification and aspirations are in sync
Just a way to ponder and ask why
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Woman in Blue
by Lanna Carey
She tattooed her failures on her arm
She walked down the street
So innocently screwed over by a drunk
Too many times
Smells so bad
But is so beautiful
With a pair of blue sweats she wears
Covered of dirt
Eating food from garbage
Of what others have thrown to waste
Still surviving for an unknown reason
For she isn't going anywhere
But she still sings every weekend with her friends
In hope for someday she will be somewhere
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Sometimes
by Tom Doolan
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a family
Sometimes I feel like I don't have a friend
Sometimes I feel like I'm nobody special
Sometimes I feel like I'm nothing at all
I live my life without a meaning
I live it just simply dreaming
Sometimes I wonder what the point is
I just don't know
Why can't I think of what I'm good for?
Nobody seems to know
I live my life without meaning
I live it just simply dreaming
All I want is some kind of purpose
Just something to do
I wander from here to there
Just thinking in the thick of despair
Why? Why?
Why must I live in such a delusion
Is this reality?
I have never known
I live my life without a meaning
I live it just simply dreaming
I just wanna wake up
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