[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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When I was a kid we lived in Wisconsin. And I spent time in Illinois
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Now I'm grown up and living in Puerto Rico, but sometimes I still feel like that boy
 
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[Chorus]
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I got a pretty nice house to live in. I got some pretty cool friends.
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We got a cat and a dog and some chickens, and I don't know where the story ends
 
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[Verse 2]
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Some days I try hard to get better, some days I'm okay just staying the same
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Some days I'm full of hope and excitement, and some days well I'm just full of pain
 
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[Chorus]
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I got a pretty nice house to live in. I got some pretty cool friends.
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We got a cat and a dog and some chickens, and I don't know where the story ends
 
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[Bridge]
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Some days I don't think that I need any more than this
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But other days, like today, I yearn for true love's kiss

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[Chorus]
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I got a pretty nice house to live in. I got some pretty cool friends.
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We got a cat and a dog and some chickens, and I don't know where the story ends
 
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[Verse 3]
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Some days I got to cut the grass, and sometimes we just talk about ideas
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A lot of times,  I just sit and listen. I guess there's something I am trying to hear
 
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[Chorus]
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I got a pretty nice house to live in. I got some pretty cool friends.
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We got a cat and a dog and some chickens, and I don't know where the story ends

[Outro]
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