Intro
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Verse
All these kinds of places
Make it seem like it's been ages
Tomorrow some new building will scrape the sky
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I love this country dearly
I can feel the ladder clearly
But I never thought I'd be alone to try
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Once I was outside Penn station
Selling red and white carnations
We were still alone,
My wife and I
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Before we marry, save my money
Brought my dear wife over
Now I want to bring my family state side
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Pre-Chorus
But off the boat they stayed awhile
Then scattered across the coast
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Once a year I'll see them for a week or so at most
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Chorus
I took a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, (oh-ah-ohhhh)
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I take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk (oh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh)
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verse 2
Practice isn't perfect
But the market cuts the loss
I remind myself that times could be much worse
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My wife won't ask me questions
There's not so much to ask
And she'll never flaunt around an empty purse
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Once my mother-in-law came
Just to stay a couple nights
Then decided she would stay the rest of her life
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I watch my little children, play some board game in the kitchen
And I sit and pray they never feel my strife.
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Pre-Chorus 2
But then my partner called to say the pension funds were gone
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He made some bad investments, now the accounts are overdrawn
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Chorus 2
I took a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, (oh-ah-ohhhh)
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I take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk (oh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh)
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Bridge
Honey it's your son I think I borrowed just too much
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We had taxes, we had bills, we had a lifestyle of fun
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And tonight I swear I'll come home and we'll make love like we're young
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Pre-Outro
Then tomorrow you'll cook dinner for the neighbours and their kids
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We can rip apart those socialists and all their damn taxes
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But see I am no criminal
I'm down on both bad knees
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I'm just too much a coward to admit when I'm in need
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Outro
I took a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, (oh-ah-ohhhh)
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I take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk (oh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh)
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I take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, (oh-ah-ohhhh)
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I take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk (oh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh)
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