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By technicolour

Wed, 15 Sep 2004
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Crying, lying, cheating and trying,
Hurting and cursing all over nothing.
We live then we die,
This gap in between is the thing we call life
But why must we hurt?
Why must why cry?
Why can't we be happy until the day we die?
J.shields

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