A Fond Farewell lyrics

My mother once told me
The thicker your skin
The better off you`ll be when this world brings you down
Well it`s trying to control me
And leave me without hope
In the past I`ve been burned
But I`ve lived and I`ve learned

Beneath the shelter of the pouring rain
In the absence of this fear and pain
I will finally bid my ball and chain
A fond farewell

On the road that leads me to my place
I will rid my heart of past disgrace
I will finally bid this sluggish pace
A fond farewell

When I heard their reservations
When I read their bitter words
I shined a light upon their wisdom no matter how absurd
And it broke my heard to pieces
And I questioned my own beliefs
My dignity was gone
But it`s time to move on

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Say goodbye to feeling sorry for myself
To begging others for far too much help
This is my hand, these are the cards that I`ve been dealt
Only I can make these changes, nobody else
Say goodbye to those sleepless nights
Those corridors with no end in sight
A driven man with these words I write
I`m making peace with my soul tonight

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